Brette-les-Pins

Sarthe · CC du Sud Est Manceau · INSEE 72047

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brette-les-Pins (INSEE 72047) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Sud Est Manceau. Population 2,131 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72047-brette-les-pins

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 9,177 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON RAINTEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (LE BARAKA). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRETTE LES PINS AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (HIPPY-CHIC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON RAINTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	1	LE BARAKA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHANTEFABLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	BRETTE LES PINS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	HIPPY-CHIC	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,176 peak 2017: 2,153 2023: 2,131 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,152 (2012) → 2,131 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,385 (1990) → 2,131 (2023): 53.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 872, of which 3.2 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.2 km NEPharmacy — 3.2 km NE 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 (Brette-les-Pins): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brette-les-Pins): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Parigné-l'Évêque): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Parigné-l'Évêque): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brette-les-Pins): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 11.3 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 11.3 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERVAIS E, 9.1 km away at 57 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 — 72047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72231
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
Soignolles-en-Brie	77	193 km NE	2,021	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Perdon	40	456 km S	1,732	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Pouilly-les-Nonains	42	346 km SE	2,120	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	556 km S	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Froidfond	85	196 km SW	2,208	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Motte	22	231 km W	2,173	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soignolles-en-Brie	77	193 km NE	2,021	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Froidfond	85	196 km SW	2,208	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Motte	22	231 km W	2,173	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-les-Nonains	42	346 km SE	2,120	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Perdon	40	456 km S	1,732	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	556 km S	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Brette-les-Pins'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
Froidfond	85	196 km SW	2,208	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse	85	176 km SW	2,419	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	51 km SE	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Velluire-sur-Vendée	85	191 km SW	1,358	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	92 km SW	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Romagne	49	139 km SW	2,028	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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