Baulon

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté · INSEE 35016

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

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Baulon (INSEE 35016) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. Population 2,210 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35016-baulon

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 8,959 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (VERMEEREN HERMAN · PAPILLES ET CREATIONS · DIM' ALICE & MERVEILLES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (LES MAITRES ROTISSEURS · LA GALETTE DE TY'MOUS · O VIETNAM). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES LUCIOLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELISABETH CODDE-MONGES, MÉDECIN · SOLENN ROUGERIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE PIERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BAULON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EL'COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	VERMEEREN HERMAN · PAPILLES ET CREATIONS · DIM' ALICE & MERVEILLES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	3	LES MAITRES ROTISSEURS · LA GALETTE DE TY'MOUS · O VIETNAM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES LUCIOLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ELISABETH CODDE-MONGES, MÉDECIN · SOLENN ROUGERIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SARL PHARMACIE PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BAULON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	EL'COIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 893 2023: 2,210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,046 (2012) → 2,210 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,132 (1990) → 2,210 (2023): 95.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 966, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.2 km E 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 (Baulon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Goven): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baulon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Baulon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Baulon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 28.8

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAXENT weather station, 2.7 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MAXENT, 2.7 km away at 116 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAXENT, 2.7 km away at 116 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 — 35016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35123
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
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	254 km E	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Sémalens	81	580 km SE	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	125 km SE	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Grosbreuil	85	162 km S	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Longueville	59	493 km NE	2,057	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	51 km NE	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	51 km NE	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	125 km SE	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Grosbreuil	85	162 km S	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	254 km E	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
La Longueville	59	493 km NE	2,057	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sémalens	81	580 km SE	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Baulon'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-Viaud	44	81 km S	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Fleurigné	35	74 km NE	2,451	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rouans	44	89 km S	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-d'Elle	50	142 km NE	2,516	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plaudren	56	61 km W	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Morbecque	59	441 km NE	2,573	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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