La Prénessaye

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22255

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Prénessaye (INSEE 22255) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 885 (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/22255-la-prenessaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 15,080 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.36
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (CL · TRUCK DE OUFFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MARNOTIERS). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA PRENESSAYE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES NOES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	CL · TRUCK DE OUFFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MARNOTIERS	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA PRENESSAYE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES NOES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 845 peak 2017: 887 2023: 885 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 859 (2012) → 885 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 854 (1990) → 885 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 514, of which 12.8 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km EPharmacy — 3.0 km EBakery — 3.1 km EGP — 3.2 km E 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 (Plémet): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plémet): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plémet): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plémet): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Prénessaye): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUDEAC weather station, 9.8 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 12.6 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 120 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 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLEMET, 0.8 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22255
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
Angé	41	305 km E	795	35.1	Few services	no figures
Venesmes	18	400 km E	782	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrannes	30	680 km SE	792	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Victor-Malescours	43	619 km SE	798	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Kerfourn	56	21 km SW	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	518 km SE	871	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Kerfourn	56	21 km SW	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Angé	41	305 km E	795	35.1	Few services	no figures
Venesmes	18	400 km E	782	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	518 km SE	871	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-Malescours	43	619 km SE	798	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrannes	30	680 km SE	792	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · 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 La Prénessaye'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
Kerfourn	56	21 km SW	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rubrouck	59	466 km NE	899	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Méen	29	128 km W	942	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vatteville-la-Rue	76	283 km NE	1,103	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Joseph	50	171 km NE	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Houtkerque	59	482 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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