Val-Couesnon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Val-Couesnon (INSEE 35004) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Couesnon Marches de Bretagne. Population 4,072 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: La Fontenelle (35113), Saint-Ouen-la-Rouërie (35303), Tremblay (35341). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35004-val-couesnon
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 52 % of the 5,545 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 6.97 |
| Social | 0.62 | 20 | 12.41 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.7 | 10 | 6.96 |
| Public & culture | 0.46 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.57 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.15 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN D'ANTRAIN · AU FOUR A BOIS). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HUARD). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [4,5]
5 × Restaurant (ROC LAND · O' P'TIT BONHEUR · O VAL POELONS · LES ROTISSERIES QUENIART · GOUT ET SAVEURS DE LA REUNION). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar (LE DIAPASON · LE JO BOBAR). [5]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE LOUICHE-DESFONTAINES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). [4]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE PERRIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST ANDRE). [4]
8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIEKE SALACROUP, MÉDECIN · ENORA CORNU, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS RICONO, MÉDECIN · CELINE ENAUD, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN BASTIAN, MÉDECIN). [4]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX VERTE · PHARMACIE CHRISTELLE · PHARMACIE ROUSSEL). [4,5]
3 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT OUEN LA ROUERIE RP · TREMBLAY AP · LA POSTE). [4]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE TREMBLAY · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ANTRAIN). [4]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCIEN LAHOGUE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [4]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). [4]
3 × Hairdresser (STEPHANIE COIFFURE · EVOLUTION COIFFURE). [4,5]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL ROC LAND). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | AU BON PAIN D'ANTRAIN · AU FOUR A BOIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | HUARD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | ROC LAND · O' P'TIT BONHEUR · O VAL POELONS · LES ROTISSERIES QUENIART · GOUT ET SAVEURS DE LA REUNION | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE DIAPASON · LE JO BOBAR | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE LOUICHE-DESFONTAINES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE PIERRE PERRIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST ANDRE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 8 | MARIEKE SALACROUP, MÉDECIN · ENORA CORNU, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS RICONO, MÉDECIN · CELINE ENAUD, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN BASTIAN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 8 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX VERTE · PHARMACIE CHRISTELLE · PHARMACIE ROUSSEL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | SAINT OUEN LA ROUERIE RP · TREMBLAY AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE TREMBLAY · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ANTRAIN | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCIEN LAHOGUE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | STEPHANIE COIFFURE · EVOLUTION COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL ROC LAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,273 (2012) → 4,072 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,253 (1990) → 4,072 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,295, of which 8.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Val-Couesnon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Val-Couesnon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Val-Couesnon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Val-Couesnon): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Val-Couesnon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-GEORGES weather station, 13.3 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 38 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 17 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 947 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT OUEN LA ROUERIE, 3.4 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35004/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35004/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35004/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35004/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35004
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillion | 22 | 88 km W | 4,335 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noues de Sienne | 14 | 53 km NE | 4,207 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 124 km SW | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Campbon | 44 | 122 km S | 4,058 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 85 | 214 km S | 3,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 % |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche | 27 | 172 km E | 4,414 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noues de Sienne | 14 | 53 km NE | 4,207 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hillion | 22 | 88 km W | 4,335 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Campbon | 44 | 122 km S | 4,058 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 124 km SW | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche | 27 | 172 km E | 4,414 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 85 | 214 km S | 3,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 % |
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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 Val-Couesnon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 124 km SW | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 88 km W | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Faouët | 56 | 156 km W | 2,814 | 66.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Miniac-Morvan | 35 | 31 km W | 4,408 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Picauville | 50 | 102 km N | 3,228 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Férel | 56 | 126 km SW | 3,499 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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