Saint-Alban

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lamballe Terre et Mer · INSEE 22273

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

Served 62.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Alban (INSEE 22273) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lamballe Terre et Mer. Population 2,397 (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/22273-saint-alban

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 8,499 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.42
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE RECOMMANDE - HUGUES POMMEREUL · TARTAPAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ VINCENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BISCUITERIES DE LA COTE D'EMERAUDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LE COQUILLAGE BRETON). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (L'OTE D'LA FLORA · LE DAUPHIN · CREPERIE CHRIS TRAOU MAD · L'ATTRACTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BEABA'R). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SAINT ALBAN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT GUILLAUME). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KATHARINA APEL, MÉDECIN · EMILIEN GARNIER, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN LEON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ALBAN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ALBAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ELGI). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DU DOMAINE DES JONQUILLES · AIRE NATURELLE LA CARRÉE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE RECOMMANDE - HUGUES POMMEREUL · TARTAPAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ VINCENT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BISCUITERIES DE LA COTE D'EMERAUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LE COQUILLAGE BRETON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	L'OTE D'LA FLORA · LE DAUPHIN · CREPERIE CHRIS TRAOU MAD · L'ATTRACTION	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BEABA'R	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SAINT ALBAN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT GUILLAUME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	KATHARINA APEL, MÉDECIN · EMILIEN GARNIER, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN LEON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	SAINT ALBAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ALBAN	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	1	ELGI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING DU DOMAINE DES JONQUILLES · AIRE NATURELLE LA CARRÉE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,140 2023: 2,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,031 (2012) → 2,397 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,662 (1990) → 2,397 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,320, of which 14.9 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.7 km WBakery — 0.8 km WFood shop — 0.9 km WPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Saint-Alban): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Alban): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Alban): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pléneuf-Val-André): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Alban): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.4

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

Measured at the QUINTENIC weather station, 9.3 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at QUINTENIC, 9.3 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLENEUF VA, 2.7 km away at 65 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 — 22273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22186
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
Riom-ès-Montagnes	15	537 km SE	2,405	67.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Malansac	56	99 km S	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Eymet	24	487 km SE	2,569	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Lanmeur	29	88 km W	2,387	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Seyssel	74	694 km E	2,321	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Tréguier	22	57 km NW	2,294	69.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tréguier	22	57 km NW	2,294	69.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lanmeur	29	88 km W	2,387	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Malansac	56	99 km S	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Eymet	24	487 km SE	2,569	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Riom-ès-Montagnes	15	537 km SE	2,405	67.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Seyssel	74	694 km E	2,321	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Saint-Alban'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
Lanmeur	29	88 km W	2,387	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	172 km E	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tessy-Bocage	50	118 km NE	2,217	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Percy-en-Normandie	50	106 km NE	2,641	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fruges	62	401 km NE	2,362	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	118 km NE	2,114	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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