Saint-Brandan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Brandan (INSEE 22277) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. Population 2,317 (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/22277-saint-brandan
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 8,682 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ENORA & MATHIEU LOZACH). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (BRENADIS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LES NICOLAS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE CAPS). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CHRYSALIDES · OGEC SAINTE ANNE SAINT BRANDAN). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHILDE MAHE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS EL ISSA, MÉDECIN · JOSÉPHINE ADENOT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA VILLENEUVE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BRANDAN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-BRANDAN LE CLOS SALMON). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DU CLOS SALMON). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (AUX CISEAUX D'ISABELLE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | ENORA & MATHIEU LOZACH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BRENADIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LES NICOLAS | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE CAPS | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CHRYSALIDES · OGEC SAINTE ANNE SAINT BRANDAN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | MATHILDE MAHE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS EL ISSA, MÉDECIN · JOSÉPHINE ADENOT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA VILLENEUVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT BRANDAN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-BRANDAN LE CLOS SALMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DU CLOS SALMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | AUX CISEAUX D'ISABELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 2,380 (2012) → 2,317 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,184 (1990) → 2,317 (2023): 6.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,192, of which 2.8 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Brandan): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Brandan): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Brandan): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Brandan): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Brandan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the PLOEUC-SUR-LIE weather station, 9.6 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 207 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ST BRIEUC, 16.4 km away at 135 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PLAINTEL, 6.5 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22277/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22277/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22277/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22277/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22277
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varetz | 19 | 484 km SE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Riaillé | 44 | 152 km SE | 2,365 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lubersac | 19 | 461 km SE | 2,246 | 59.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 558 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cuiseaux | 71 | 656 km E | 1,869 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult | 17 | 322 km SE | 1,811 | 63.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riaillé | 44 | 152 km SE | 2,365 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult | 17 | 322 km SE | 1,811 | 63.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Lubersac | 19 | 461 km SE | 2,246 | 59.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Varetz | 19 | 484 km SE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 558 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cuiseaux | 71 | 656 km E | 1,869 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · 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 Saint-Brandan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 132 km SE | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cassel | 59 | 470 km NE | 2,198 | 63.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Taupont | 56 | 58 km SE | 2,428 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Faouët | 56 | 61 km SW | 2,814 | 66.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 31 km SE | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Folquin | 62 | 458 km NE | 2,349 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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