Brem-sur-Mer

Vendée · CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie · INSEE 85243

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

Served 64/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brem-sur-Mer (INSEE 85243) is in Vendée (85), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Population 2,993 (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/85243-brem-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 64/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 95 % of the 7,122 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.23	5	1.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (SARL VANNIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (PLSA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LA PLANCHE A PAIN · VILLA LES GENETS · MY PIZZA LE CHEF C'EST TOI ! · LA BONNE HUMM HEURE · LES GABELOUS). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT THO · LE BISTROT DU COIN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SOL ET VENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE L ESPERANCE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDIA VICHATZKY, MÉDECIN · DENIS LHEUREUX, MÉDECIN · ANNE SURRAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L OCEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BREM SUR MER RPC RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BREM-SUR-MER). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (STUDIO COIFFURE AT HOME · LES CISEAUX DE BREM). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BRANDAIS · YELLOH VILLAGE LE CHAPONNET · DOMAINE DE L'AUZANCE · CYBELE VACANCES CAMPING L'OCÉAN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger, 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL VANNIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	PLSA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	6	LA PLANCHE A PAIN · VILLA LES GENETS · MY PIZZA LE CHEF C'EST TOI ! · LA BONNE HUMM HEURE · LES GABELOUS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE P'TIT THO · LE BISTROT DU COIN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SOL ET VENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE L ESPERANCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLAUDIA VICHATZKY, MÉDECIN · DENIS LHEUREUX, MÉDECIN · ANNE SURRAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L OCEAN	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	BREM SUR MER RPC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BREM-SUR-MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	STUDIO COIFFURE AT HOME · LES CISEAUX DE BREM	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	4	CAMPING LE BRANDAIS · YELLOH VILLAGE LE CHAPONNET · DOMAINE DE L'AUZANCE · CYBELE VACANCES CAMPING L'OCÉAN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,018 2023: 2,993 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,599 (2012) → 2,993 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,709 (1990) → 2,993 (2023): 75.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,624, of which 38.6 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km W 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 (Brem-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brem-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brem-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brem-sur-Mer): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brem-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 15.1 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 16.4 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GILLES CR, 11.4 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85243
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
Le Porge	33	201 km S	3,465	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	66 km SE	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	789 km E	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	135 km SE	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Bréhal	50	256 km N	3,487	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Le Palais	56	130 km NW	2,599	73.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rivedoux-Plage	17	66 km SE	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Palais	56	130 km NW	2,599	73.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	135 km SE	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Le Porge	33	201 km S	3,465	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Bréhal	50	256 km N	3,487	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	789 km E	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · 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 Brem-sur-Mer'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
Rivedoux-Plage	17	66 km SE	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Jard-sur-Mer	85	29 km SE	3,235	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Plaine-sur-Mer	44	65 km NW	4,760	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	34 km NW	2,420	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Malansac	56	124 km N	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ambon	56	119 km NW	2,101	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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