Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle

Identity

Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle (INSEE 22288) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 372 (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/22288-saint-etienne-du-gue-de-l-isle

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,071 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'OREE DU BOIS). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-GUÉ-DE-L'ISLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 379 (2012) → 372 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 417 (1990) → 372 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 8.2 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Chèze): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plumieux): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Barnabé): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chèze): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Chèze): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LOUDEAC weather station, 11.2 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 19.7 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 149 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 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLEMET, 8.8 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

35 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 85,000 € — 683 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Côtes-d'Armor is 1,539 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22288/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22288/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22288/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22288/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22039
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22241
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22275
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025