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Municipals can all be found on this site

http://www.campingfrance.com/uk/

They are usually excellent, small but well tended and cheap  - we never pay more than £10 night and most are about £5-6. If you want lots of entertainment for the kids, you may have to pay more for commercial sites, but if you are near the coast, the beach may be all you need to keep them occupied - loads of great places in Brittany.

By the way, to feed kids cheaply try "Flunch" restaurants - found at the supermarkets, Auchan etc. Most expensive meal is about £5 but kids meals cheaper and the veg (including chips!!) are "a volonte" in other words they can go back as often as they like  an get more!!

"Before 5 o'çlock you should be fine, 16 hrs is absolutely certain about anywhere, plus gives you a more relaxed evening."

That's excellent advice - you will get to have a good look round the site and choose the best pitch! And have the advantage of sitting with a glass of wine watching the "flustered late arrivers" rushing to pitch tents and prepare an evening meal!

On the subject of Brittany - we took our kids there when they were the age of yours, found a quiet site (cheap also!) at Foret Fouesnante and they loved the beaches (sheltered, safe bathing, windsurfers/pedalos etc for hire, lovely sand and rock pools, cafes, parking "on" the beach etc at Cap Coz. My brother chose a site near Beg Meil (Pointe de St Giles I think) that had everything - pool, games and "creche", activities for kids, football matches, disco, bars, restaurants etc in the evening, he used to have breakfast with them and not see them again 'til bedtime - it suited him!

Towns nearby Quimper for the hypermarkets/market. Concarneau for fantastic seafood restaurants!

There is a local tourist board website (with a list of campsites) at

http://www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/fouesnant.htm

If youre going for Municipal sites - one to AVOID - the site in Anet - was more like a refugee camp - as we could not find another site and it was 8 at night - we finally stayed in an hotel. 

Just got back from 3 weeks in the Dordogne - half way down stayed at a really nice site in Chateauroux, near large lake and river - Camping Belle Isle. 

Hello,

well, just have a look at: http://www.roan.nl/content/html/1162.asp

There you find great campsites for families with children. Roan offers "self-driven"roundtrips too, so you can see a lot of the country for less money and stay in comfortable bungalow tents or caravans.

Have fun and enjoy!