Corlay

Identity

Corlay (INSEE 22047) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 914 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22047-corlay

Vitality score

Vitality score 71.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 14,880 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOITE A SUCRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (EURL TOP PIZZA · LE RELAX · LA RECRE DES PAPILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE RIOU, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE JULIEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (CORLAY RP · CORLAY LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DES COTES D'ARMOR). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 994 (2012) → 914 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,044 (1990) → 914 (2023): -12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 12.8 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plussulien): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corlay): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corlay): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corlay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Corlay): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the KERPERT weather station, 11.6 km away at 281 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[10]

The village sits 101 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at KERPERT, 11.6 km away at 281 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 101 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-IGEAUX, 6.1 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22047/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22047/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22047/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22047/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22244
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22047
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024