Grâce-Uzel

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22068

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grâce-Uzel (INSEE 22068) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 423 (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/22068-grace-uzel

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,939 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.12
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE GRÂCE UZEL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE GRÂCE UZEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 435 2023: 423 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 423 (2012) → 423 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 418 (1990) → 423 (2023): 1.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 9.6 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SFood shop — 5.2 km EGP — 5.3 km NWPharmacy — 6.1 km SE 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 (Trévé): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Motte): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Uzel): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loudéac): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Grâce-Uzel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PLOUGUENAST weather station, 4.7 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 4.7 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 983 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PLOUGUENAST, 4.7 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22376
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22384
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22136
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22068
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
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	214 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Tallud-Sainte-Gemme	85	225 km SE	453	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Colombier	70	674 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Thurey	71	618 km E	423	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 70 %
Le Thieulin	28	291 km E	423	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Soulangis	18	415 km E	454	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	214 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Tallud-Sainte-Gemme	85	225 km SE	453	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thieulin	28	291 km E	423	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Soulangis	18	415 km E	454	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Thurey	71	618 km E	423	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 70 %
Colombier	70	674 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · 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 Grâce-Uzel'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
Quintenic	22	41 km NE	363	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lothey	29	91 km W	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gueltas	56	16 km S	551	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Quemperven	22	66 km NW	417	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maudan	22	14 km S	399	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Caule-Sainte-Beuve	76	362 km NE	473	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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