Saint-Pôtan

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Dinan Agglomération · INSEE 22323

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pôtan (INSEE 22323) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Dinan Agglomération. Population 839 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,354 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	25	0
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EURL TOUTAIN NICOLAS · GALETTERIE OMALO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (PRESSURE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE ST POTAN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE LOUNGE 2C). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	EURL TOUTAIN NICOLAS · GALETTERIE OMALO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	PRESSURE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE ST POTAN	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	1	SAINT POTAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LE LOUNGE 2C	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 926 2023: 839 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 803 (2012) → 839 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 798 (1990) → 839 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 511, of which 19.2 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km SEPharmacy — 4.3 km NGP — 4.9 km N 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 (Val-d'Arguenon): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-d'Arguenon): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Matignon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Matignon): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pôtan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 5.9▸

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT-CAST-LE-G weather station, 10.2 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAINT-CAST-LE-G, 10.2 km away at 35 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLEVEN, 6.9 km away at 50 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 — 22323/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22323/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22323/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22323/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22323
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
Saint-Maximin	30	725 km SE	798	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	856 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Magny	89	481 km E	870	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Chambost-Allières	69	585 km SE	816	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Pomport	24	468 km SE	735	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Plassac	33	404 km S	924	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plassac	33	404 km S	924	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Pomport	24	468 km SE	735	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Magny	89	481 km E	870	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Chambost-Allières	69	585 km SE	816	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maximin	30	725 km SE	798	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	856 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · 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-Pôtan'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
Saint-Lormel	22	4.6 km E	882	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Juch	29	155 km W	765	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Carantilly	50	96 km NE	619	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pléboulle	22	6.6 km NW	721	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Brélès	29	179 km W	868	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Frégant	29	153 km W	874	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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