Breil (French pronunciation: [bʁɛj] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages. Breil's nearest town is Noyant (6 km).

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 614 —     1800 641 +4.4% 1806 687 +7.2% 1821 749 +9.0% 1831 769 +2.7% 1836 760 −1.2% 1841 730 −3.9% 1846 720 −1.4% 1851 720 +0.0% 1856 711 −1.2% 1861 695 −2.3% 1866 720 +3.6% 1872 674 −6.4% 1876 653 −3.1% 1881 631 −3.4% 1886 621 −1.6% 1891 588 −5.3% 1896 585 −0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 592 +1.2% 1906 596 +0.7% 1911 593 −0.5% 1921 531 −10.5% 1926 555 +4.5% 1931 577 +4.0% 1936 562 −2.6% 1946 541 −3.7% 1954 587 +8.5% 1962 524 −10.7% 1968 459 −12.4% 1975 414 −9.8% 1982 308 −25.6% 1990 289 −6.2% 1999 309 +6.9% 2006 274 −11.3% 2009 274 +0.0%

The inhabitants are known as Breillois.

Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) was held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin, a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department