Saint-Caradec

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22279

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Caradec (INSEE 22279) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 1,132 (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/22279-saint-caradec

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 13,593 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.4
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SERVAD). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ JEAN · JP A VOTRE SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MELTIN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'HILVERN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELENA-CRISTINA GHISOIU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CÉCILE AUFFRET MAISON DU VAL D'OUST). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE MOING NADINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SERVAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHEZ JEAN · JP A VOTRE SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MELTIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'HILVERN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELENA-CRISTINA GHISOIU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JEUSLIN	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 CARADEC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CÉCILE AUFFRET MAISON DU VAL D'OUST	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	LE MOING NADINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,104 peak 2007: 1,199 2023: 1,132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,181 (2012) → 1,132 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,088 (1990) → 1,132 (2023): 4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 6.2 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.6 km NE 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 (Trévé): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Caradec): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Caradec): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Caradec): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Caradec): 0.2 km to the south-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, 6.9 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 11.2 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 125 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 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at HEMONSTOIR, 3.8 km away at 115 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 — 22279/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22279/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22279/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22279/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22376
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22279
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
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	492 km E	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Ornaisons	11	711 km SE	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe	61	249 km E	1,006	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Ballots	53	138 km E	1,278	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Beton-Bazoches	77	453 km E	890	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Le Poujol-sur-Orb	34	687 km SE	947	54.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ballots	53	138 km E	1,278	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe	61	249 km E	1,006	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Beton-Bazoches	77	453 km E	890	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	492 km E	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Le Poujol-sur-Orb	34	687 km SE	947	54.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Ornaisons	11	711 km SE	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %

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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-Caradec'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
Bonnemain	35	86 km E	1,536	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plumaudan	22	57 km E	1,421	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Folembray	02	474 km E	1,355	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bourlon	62	486 km NE	1,156	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher	80	410 km NE	1,024	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Landéan	35	128 km E	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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