Saint-Samson-sur-Rance

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Dinan Agglomération · INSEE 22327

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Samson-sur-Rance (INSEE 22327) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Dinan Agglomération. Population 1,625 (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/22327-saint-samson-sur-rance

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 11,054 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.88	10	8.77
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

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

2 × Restaurant (O DELICES D'ORLINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-GUENAELLE LE BOULAIRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SAMSON-SUR-RANCE LA BOUQUINETTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE BEAUSEJOUR · CAMPING DE LYVET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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	O DELICES D'ORLINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANNE-GUENAELLE LE BOULAIRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SAMSON-SUR-RANCE LA BOUQUINETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE BEAUSEJOUR · CAMPING DE LYVET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 477 2023: 1,625 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,531 (2012) → 1,625 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,180 (1990) → 1,625 (2023): 37.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 789, of which 6.2 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.1 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km SWBakery — 2.3 km SW 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 (Taden): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Taden): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Samson-sur-Rance): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Taden): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Samson-sur-Rance): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.8

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 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE QUIOU weather station, 16.5 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[10]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLESLIN-TRIGAVO, 5.1 km away at 70 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 — 22327/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22327/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22327/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22327/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22339
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22327
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-Carreuc	22	53 km W	1,576	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Sonchamp	78	288 km E	1,678	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Saubrigues	40	546 km S	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 91 %
Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld	37	256 km SE	1,688	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Savasse	26	676 km SE	1,631	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	537 km S	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Carreuc	22	53 km W	1,576	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld	37	256 km SE	1,688	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Sonchamp	78	288 km E	1,678	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	537 km S	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %
Saubrigues	40	546 km S	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 91 %
Savasse	26	676 km SE	1,631	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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