Bovel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté · INSEE 35035

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bovel (INSEE 35035) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. Population 618 (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/35035-bovel

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,888 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES GOURMANDS DISENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE DOUBLE D). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA VARENDE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1	LES GOURMANDS DISENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE DOUBLE D	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA VARENDE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 388 2023: 618 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 589 (2012) → 618 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 312 (1990) → 618 (2023): 98.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SEGP — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km NEFood shop — 6.3 km S 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 (La Chapelle-Bouëxic): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mernel): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baulon): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Baulon): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bovel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MAXENT weather station, 3.4 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAXENT, 3.4 km away at 116 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAXENT, 3.4 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35035
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
Baneins	01	560 km E	621	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Moncaut	47	465 km SE	589	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
La Houssoye	60	328 km NE	591	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu	38	641 km SE	635	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges	76	264 km NE	602	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	359 km SE	621	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges	76	264 km NE	602	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Houssoye	60	328 km NE	591	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	359 km SE	621	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Moncaut	47	465 km SE	589	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Baneins	01	560 km E	621	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Beaulieu	38	641 km SE	635	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bovel'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
Miannay	80	360 km NE	604	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Zuytpeene	59	449 km NE	557	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
West-Cappel	59	463 km NE	644	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-l'Épine	50	150 km NE	555	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gratot	50	129 km N	679	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Auchy-au-Bois	62	428 km NE	548	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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