Bretoncelles

Orne · CC Coeur du Perche · INSEE 61061

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bretoncelles (INSEE 61061) is in Orne (61), part of CC Coeur du Perche. Population 1,455 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 11,880 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.92
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BARBAGATO · LA BRETONCELLOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX PRAIRIES DU PERCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA CROIX BLANCHE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VERONICA RICO PIRES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRETONCELLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JEAN PAUL MEBS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE NACREE · L'ATELIER COIFFURE D'EMELINE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA BARBAGATO · LA BRETONCELLOISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AUX PRAIRIES DU PERCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA CROIX BLANCHE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VERONICA RICO PIRES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRETONCELLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE JEAN PAUL MEBS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE NACREE · L'ATELIER COIFFURE D'EMELINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,215 peak 2017: 1,487 2023: 1,455 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,464 (2012) → 1,455 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,221 (1990) → 1,455 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 913, of which 19.7 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 13.1 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Bretoncelles): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bretoncelles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bretoncelles): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nogent-le-Rotrou): 13.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bretoncelles): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 65.1

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LONGNY-AU-PERCHE weather station, 15.4 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[11]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at REMALARD, 8.2 km away at 158 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/1507dfbf-83df-3ed2-8d26-29d979035f14— “Marché alimentaire bio solidaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28280
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vouzon	41	123 km SE	1,414	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire	04	625 km SE	1,329	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Viâtre	41	128 km SE	1,180	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Reillanne	04	625 km SE	1,730	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Saillans	26	530 km SE	1,460	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 61 %
La Baconnière	53	135 km W	1,965	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vouzon	41	123 km SE	1,414	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Viâtre	41	128 km SE	1,180	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
La Baconnière	53	135 km W	1,965	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Saillans	26	530 km SE	1,460	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire	04	625 km SE	1,329	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 57 %
Reillanne	04	625 km SE	1,730	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %

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