Créhen
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Créhen (INSEE 22049) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Dinan Agglomération. Population 1,671 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22049-crehen
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 10,819 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 | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELAMBILY). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA COOP BIO CREHEN). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU VIEUX CHATEAU · BUS STATION · AU GRE DU VENT). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE PRESBYTERE · CAFE LE MENHIR). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PIERRE BURLOT, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE IZABEL, MÉDECIN · LÉOPOLDINE CHEVET-MÈGE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CREHEN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CREHEN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRÉHEN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L COIFF'). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | DELAMBILY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LA COOP BIO CREHEN | 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 | 6 | RESTAURANT DU VIEUX CHATEAU · BUS STATION · AU GRE DU VENT | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE PRESBYTERE · CAFE LE MENHIR | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | JEAN-PIERRE BURLOT, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE IZABEL, MÉDECIN · LÉOPOLDINE CHEVET-MÈGE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE CREHEN | 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 | CREHEN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRÉHEN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | L COIFF' | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 1,711 (2012) → 1,671 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,493 (1990) → 1,671 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 916, of which 17 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Créhen): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Créhen): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Créhen): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Créhen): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Créhen): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SAINT-CAST-LE-G weather station, 11.3 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 31 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at SAINT-CAST-LE-G, 11.3 km away at 35 m, over 21 summers. [9]
An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CORSEUL, 7.2 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22049/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22049/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22049/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22049/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22049
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamanville | 50 | 113 km N | 1,639 | 43.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 % |
| Luzech | 46 | 526 km SE | 1,750 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 % |
| Dinéault | 29 | 149 km W | 1,853 | 49.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon | 12 | 638 km SE | 1,565 | 51.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lézignan-la-Cèbe | 34 | 711 km SE | 1,580 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-André-de-Roquelongue | 11 | 719 km SE | 1,488 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamanville | 50 | 113 km N | 1,639 | 43.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 % |
| Dinéault | 29 | 149 km W | 1,853 | 49.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Luzech | 46 | 526 km SE | 1,750 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon | 12 | 638 km SE | 1,565 | 51.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lézignan-la-Cèbe | 34 | 711 km SE | 1,580 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-André-de-Roquelongue | 11 | 719 km SE | 1,488 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 96 % · 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 Créhen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plogastel-Saint-Germain | 29 | 165 km W | 2,024 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lampaul-Plouarzel | 29 | 188 km W | 2,221 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Martinvast | 50 | 124 km N | 1,348 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanvéoc | 29 | 168 km W | 2,044 | 51.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Santec | 29 | 135 km W | 2,454 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Canisy | 50 | 96 km NE | 1,707 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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