Broualan

Identity

Broualan (INSEE 35044) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 415 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/35044-broualan

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,004 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.

Services

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

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ TOFF). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BROUALAN). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 376 (2012) → 415 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 415 (2023): 48.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 12.6 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cuguen): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bazouges-la-Pérouse): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Boussac): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bazouges-la-Pérouse): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Broualan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 10.2 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[12]

The village sits 93 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 10.2 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 93 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BROUALAN, 1.5 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35044/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35044/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35044/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35044/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35092
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35019
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35034
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35044
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024