Balazé

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35015

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balazé (INSEE 35015) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 2,162 (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/35015-balaze

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 9,101 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.76	10	7.64
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (CHARON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MIROTON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (KREIZH KAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (A L'HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHARON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	MIROTON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	KREIZH KAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	A L'HAIR DU TEMPS	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: 1,268 peak 2012: 2,245 2023: 2,162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,245 (2012) → 2,162 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,711 (1990) → 2,162 (2023): 26.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 959, of which 1.5 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWGP — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Balazé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Vitré): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vitré): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 18.8 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[11]

An average of 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE, 7.7 km away at 125 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 — 35015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35330
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35360
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
Plaine-Haute	22	127 km W	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 86 %
Trangé	72	98 km E	1,637	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	216 km S	2,150	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 99 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	524 km SE	1,653	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 12 %
Serpaize	38	548 km SE	2,091	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Villevaudé	77	296 km E	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trangé	72	98 km E	1,637	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Plaine-Haute	22	127 km W	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	216 km S	2,150	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 99 %
Villevaudé	77	296 km E	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	524 km SE	1,653	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 12 %
Serpaize	38	548 km SE	2,091	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %

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