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Saint-Jean-Kerdaniel

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Leff Armor Communauté · INSEE 22304

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-Kerdaniel (INSEE 22304) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Leff Armor Communauté. Population 694 (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/22304-saint-jean-kerdaniel

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,430 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.954.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LEPETIT DORIANN-HOEL). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TY BLAZENN). [4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LEPETIT DORIANN-HOELINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1TY BLAZENNINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 379 2023: 694 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 586 (2012) → 694 (2023): 18.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 373 (1990) → 694 (2023): 86.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 4.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.5 km W (Le Merzer)Bakery — 3.7 km SE (Châtelaudren-Plouagat)GP — 3.7 km SE (Châtelaudren-Plouagat)Food shop — 3.8 km SE (Châtelaudren-Plouagat)Pharmacy — 4.0 km SE (Châtelaudren-Plouagat)
Primary school — 3.5 km WBakery — 3.7 km SEGP — 3.7 km SEFood shop — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Châtelaudren-Plouagat): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châtelaudren-Plouagat): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Châtelaudren-Plouagat): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Châtelaudren-Plouagat): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Merzer): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST BRIEUC weather station, 12.9 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 126 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ST BRIEUC, 12.9 km away at 135 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at GOUDELIN, 3.8 km away at 102 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22304/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22304/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22304/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22304/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22206
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22150
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Hoguette14213 km E66232.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Malling57686 km E68133Few servicesno figures
Rivecourt60429 km E63935.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Voyennes80457 km E59525.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Saint-Amand02482 km E84825.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Versonnex74736 km E71443.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Hoguette14213 km E66232.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Rivecourt60429 km E63935.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Voyennes80457 km E59525.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Saint-Amand02482 km E84825.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Malling57686 km E68133Few servicesno figures
Versonnex74736 km E71443.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Jean-Kerdaniel'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gratot50125 km NE67939.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Reviers14204 km NE62724.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Épinay-sur-Odon14185 km E63220.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Millières50133 km NE75931.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tressignaux226.2 km NE67036.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-des-Entrées14189 km NE78427.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %