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Hénanbihen

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lamballe Terre et Mer · INSEE 22076

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hénanbihen (INSEE 22076) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lamballe Terre et Mer. Population 1,479 (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/22076-henanbihen

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 11,752 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.39259.84
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.6105.99
Housing mix0.7253.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES TROIS PETITS COCHONS). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ NATHALIE EPICERIE). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (PERREE ANNABELLE). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES GALETTES PLANCOETINES · LES PATES DE CHA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE NEPTUNE). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE HENANBIHEN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (HENANBIHEN AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE HÉNANBIHEN). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE CARINE G · ANNIE COIFFURE · LE RASOIR ARGENTE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LES TROIS PETITS COCHONSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1CHEZ NATHALIE EPICERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1PERREE ANNABELLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant3LES GALETTES PLANCOETINES · LES PATES DE CHAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE NEPTUNEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE HENANBIHENINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DUBOISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1HENANBIHEN APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE HÉNANBIHENINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3COIFFURE CARINE G · ANNIE COIFFURE · LE RASOIR ARGENTEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,431 2023: 1,479 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,394 (2012) → 1,479 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,346 (1990) → 1,479 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 848, of which 14.2 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.1 km SW (Hénanbihen)GP — 7.3 km N (Plurien)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.1 km SWGP — 7.3 km N 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 (Hénanbihen): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hénanbihen): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Plurien): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Hénanbihen): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hénanbihen): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the QUINTENIC weather station, 5.6 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 69 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at QUINTENIC, 5.6 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at QUINTENIC, 5.6 km away at 71 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 — 22076/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22076/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22076/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22076/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22076
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22242
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ruffiac5683 km S1,42248.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-de-la-Loire42572 km SE1,41046.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Querrien29109 km SW1,64551Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cambremer14189 km E1,29448.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Le Rouget-Pers15542 km SE1,29752.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Limésy76268 km NE1,51147.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ruffiac5683 km S1,42248.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Querrien29109 km SW1,64551Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cambremer14189 km E1,29448.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Limésy76268 km NE1,51147.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Rouget-Pers15542 km SE1,29752.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-de-la-Loire42572 km SE1,41046.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Hénanbihen'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Querrien29109 km SW1,64551Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cambremer14189 km E1,29448.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Limésy76268 km NE1,51147.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Plédéliac2213 km S1,66254.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hambye5092 km NE1,07246.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maël-Carhaix2283 km W1,49746.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %