Le Breil-sur-Mérize

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72046

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

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Breil-sur-Mérize (INSEE 72046) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 1,552 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 11,375 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.38
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN D'OZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (VSBC · CHICKEN ONE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ALKEA). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIONEL ASSOUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BREIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE BREIL SUR MERIZE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE PETIT SALON DE NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PAIN D'OZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	VSBC · CHICKEN ONE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ALKEA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA MERIZE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LIONEL ASSOUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU BREIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE BREIL SUR MERIZE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE PETIT SALON DE NATHALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,059 2023: 1,552 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,501 (2012) → 1,552 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,079 (1990) → 1,552 (2023): 43.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 766, of which 7.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.1 km N 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 (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Connerré): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 11.2 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 11.2 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOULOIRE, 3 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72090
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
Bussières	42	376 km SE	1,540	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	325 km SE	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	242 km SW	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Grillon	84	528 km SE	1,690	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubert	59	325 km NE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	330 km NE	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	242 km SW	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Aubert	59	325 km NE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	325 km SE	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	330 km NE	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bussières	42	376 km SE	1,540	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Grillon	84	528 km SE	1,690	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Le Breil-sur-Mérize's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouziers-de-Touraine	37	56 km S	1,362	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Touvois	44	204 km SW	1,970	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Féchain	59	320 km NE	1,635	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrières	60	220 km NE	2,036	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sacy-le-Grand	60	213 km NE	1,573	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cormicy	51	293 km NE	1,500	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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