Hillion
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Hillion (INSEE 22081) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. Population 4,335 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22081-hillion
Vitality score
Vitality score 57.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 74 % of the 5,273 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 | 0.49 | 25 | 12.19 |
| Social | 0.67 | 20 | 13.46 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.71 | 10 | 7.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MILLE ET UNE CREPES · LE FOURNIL D'HILLION · LOZACH · AUX DELICES DE SAINT RENE). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE TRAITEUR DE VOS SAVEURS · MAISON CORDUAN · MAISON GUERNION). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (KEREMMA). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (CAP MER). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (SARL BRIENS · LA COMEDIA · LE MAYANO). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE SYMPATIC · GRIFFIN). [4]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT RENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT RENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLES-DE-GAULLE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE LE NOIR DE CARLAN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE DELALANDE, MÉDECIN · HELENE JOSSE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MENU, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS BOUREL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE HILLION). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (HILLION LPR RP). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE · COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE). [3]
1 × Bank (CA). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (F.B JEANINE COIFFURE · LE SALON · L & CHEVEUX). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT AU BON SAINT NICOLAS). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (NATURE D'O · CAMPING BELLEVUE MER). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | MILLE ET UNE CREPES · LE FOURNIL D'HILLION · LOZACH · AUX DELICES DE SAINT RENE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | LE TRAITEUR DE VOS SAVEURS · MAISON CORDUAN · MAISON GUERNION | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | KEREMMA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | CAP MER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 5 | SARL BRIENS · LA COMEDIA · LE MAYANO | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE SYMPATIC · GRIFFIN | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT RENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT RENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE CHARLES-DE-GAULLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | HERVE LE NOIR DE CARLAN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE DELALANDE, MÉDECIN · HELENE JOSSE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MENU, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS BOUREL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE HILLION | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | HILLION LPR RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | MAIRIE · COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | F.B JEANINE COIFFURE · LE SALON · L & CHEVEUX | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL RESTAURANT AU BON SAINT NICOLAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | NATURE D'O · CAMPING BELLEVUE MER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday matins bourg de Saint-René. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,049 (2012) → 4,335 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,591 (1990) → 4,335 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,163, of which 6.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Hillion): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Hillion): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Hillion): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Yffiniac): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Hillion): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAINT BRIEUC weather station, 5.1 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 28 m. [11]
The village sits 56 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST BRIEUC, 13.9 km away at 135 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 107 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at HILLION, 2.4 km away at 53 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22081/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://mairie-hillion.fr/fr/rb/153935/les-marches-1— “Sur une place récemment aménagée, tous les mercredis matins le bourg de Saint-René s'anime avec son marché”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22081/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22081/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22081/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22081
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22389
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 66 km S | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-Couesnon | 35 | 88 km E | 4,072 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Campbon | 44 | 133 km SE | 4,058 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noues de Sienne | 14 | 124 km E | 4,207 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 85 | 249 km SE | 3,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 81 % |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère | 26 | 697 km SE | 4,281 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 66 km S | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-Couesnon | 35 | 88 km E | 4,072 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noues de Sienne | 14 | 124 km E | 4,207 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Campbon | 44 | 133 km SE | 4,058 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 85 | 249 km SE | 3,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 81 % |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère | 26 | 697 km SE | 4,281 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Hillion'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noues de Sienne | 14 | 124 km E | 4,207 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Riec-sur-Bélon | 29 | 107 km SW | 4,376 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plomeur | 29 | 141 km SW | 3,904 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 123 km SW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mellac | 29 | 96 km SW | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Combrit | 29 | 130 km SW | 4,265 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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