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La Baussaine

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Romantique · INSEE 35017

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Baussaine (INSEE 35017) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Romantique. Population 675 (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/35017-la-baussaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 16,587 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE TICIA). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ANIM'LIVRES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE TICIAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ANIM'LIVRESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 509 2023: 675 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 632 (2012) → 675 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 447 (1990) → 675 (2023): 51 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.1 km S (Cardroc)Bakery — 3.4 km N (Trimer)Pharmacy — 3.8 km SW (Bécherel)Food shop — 4.0 km SW (Bécherel)GP — 4.0 km SW (Bécherel)
Primary school — 3.1 km SBakery — 3.4 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km SWFood shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.0 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 (Trimer): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bécherel): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bécherel): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bécherel): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cardroc): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35017/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35017/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35017/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35017/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35346
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35022
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35050

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vérin42597 km SE66627Few servicesno figures
Choloy-Ménillot54570 km E70022.9Few servicesno figures
Vieux14139 km NE72725.5Few servicesno figures
Colombine70580 km E60525.4Few servicesno figures
Frozes86239 km SE62126.9Few servicesno figures
Cannes-et-Clairan30673 km SE61726.2Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vieux14139 km NE72725.5Few servicesno figures
Frozes86239 km SE62126.9Few servicesno figures
Choloy-Ménillot54570 km E70022.9Few servicesno figures
Colombine70580 km E60525.4Few servicesno figures
Vérin42597 km SE66627Few servicesno figures
Cannes-et-Clairan30673 km SE61726.2Few servicesno figures

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