Saint-Hélen

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Dinan Agglomération · INSEE 22299

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hélen (INSEE 22299) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Dinan Agglomération. Population 1,560 (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/22299-saint-helen

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,343 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE COETQUEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ALUETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE E ET G TILLION). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AGL STYLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE COETQUEN	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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ALUETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE E ET G TILLION	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	AGL STYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 971 2023: 1,560 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,292 (2012) → 1,560 (2023): 20.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 974 (1990) → 1,560 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 759, of which 8.6 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km WGP — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km SE 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-Hélen): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Taden): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Taden): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mesnil-Roc'h): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Hélen): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 34.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE QUIOU weather station, 14.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LANVALLAY, 5.4 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22299/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22299/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22299/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22299/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22339
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35308
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
Jatxou	64	567 km S	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Le Crest	63	494 km SE	1,300	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Fontenay-sur-Loing	45	353 km E	1,659	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Nostang	56	122 km SW	1,676	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	567 km SE	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 %
Meyenheim	68	693 km E	2,015	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 53 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nostang	56	122 km SW	1,676	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Fontenay-sur-Loing	45	353 km E	1,659	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Le Crest	63	494 km SE	1,300	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	567 km SE	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 %
Jatxou	64	567 km S	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Meyenheim	68	693 km E	2,015	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 53 %

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