La Chapelle-de-Brain

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Redon Agglomération · INSEE 35064

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-de-Brain (INSEE 35064) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Redon Agglomération. Population 1,114 (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/35064-la-chapelle-de-brain

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 13,679 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.56
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE GWEN HA DU). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT · LES MOULINS NEUFS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA CHAPELLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRAIN SUR VILAINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-DE-BRAIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SOPHIE · COIF'AIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	EPICERIE LILA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE GWEN HA DU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BISTROT · LES MOULINS NEUFS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA CHAPELLE	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	1	BRAIN SUR VILAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-DE-BRAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	COIFFURE SOPHIE · COIF'AIR	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: 991 2023: 1,114 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 970 (2012) → 1,114 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 887 (1990) → 1,114 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 731, of which 15.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 5.0 km WGP — 6.6 km NW 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 (Massérac): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-de-Brain): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sixt-sur-Aff): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Marie): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Chapelle-de-Brain): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.7

Days at or below 0 °C 26.3

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA-NOE-BLANCHE weather station, 15.5 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA-NOE-BLANCHE, 15.5 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTE MARIE, 5.3 km away at 47 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 — 35064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35328
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35294
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
Effiat	63	435 km SE	1,124	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Cremeaux	42	489 km E	914	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brusquet	04	749 km SE	965	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Vers	74	630 km E	975	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Quemper-Guézennec	22	141 km NW	1,118	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire	85	143 km SE	1,100	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quemper-Guézennec	22	141 km NW	1,118	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire	85	143 km SE	1,100	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Effiat	63	435 km SE	1,124	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Cremeaux	42	489 km E	914	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vers	74	630 km E	975	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Le Brusquet	04	749 km SE	965	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · 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 La Chapelle-de-Brain'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-Just	35	7.4 km N	1,107	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Girouard	85	128 km S	1,156	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Guerno	56	38 km W	989	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	35	8.8 km E	1,035	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bouée	44	42 km S	1,097	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Béganne	56	26 km SW	1,493	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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