La Chapelle-Thouarault

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35065

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Thouarault (INSEE 35065) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 2,304 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/35065-la-chapelle-thouarault

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 8,725 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.67	10	6.67
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU GRE DES SAISONS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE 13 ET 3). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROGER BEAULIEU). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE RENARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE THOUARAULT RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (OLIVON MANUELA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	AU GRE DES SAISONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE 13 ET 3	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROGER BEAULIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE RENARD	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	LA CHAPELLE THOUARAULT RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	OLIVON MANUELA	INSEE BPE 1 / 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: 451 2023: 2,304 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,882 (2012) → 2,304 (2023): 22.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,975 (1990) → 2,304 (2023): 16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,012, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.9 km SFood shop — 2.0 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-Thouarault): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cintré): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cintré): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-Thouarault): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Thouarault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 6.4 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 6.4 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 6.4 km away at 38 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 — 35065/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35065/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35065/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35065/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35080
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
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac	33	350 km S	2,586	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Thuriau	56	81 km W	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mionnay	01	572 km SE	2,294	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Mommenheim	67	704 km E	2,340	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Boissière-de-Montaigu	85	140 km S	2,311	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Turretot	76	225 km NE	1,619	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Thuriau	56	81 km W	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Boissière-de-Montaigu	85	140 km S	2,311	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Turretot	76	225 km NE	1,619	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac	33	350 km S	2,586	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Mionnay	01	572 km SE	2,294	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Mommenheim	67	704 km E	2,340	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Thouarault'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-Thuriau	56	81 km W	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Turretot	76	225 km NE	1,619	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bégrolles-en-Mauges	49	130 km SE	2,110	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrières	60	360 km NE	2,036	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Crevin	35	26 km SE	2,819	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Bois	49	140 km SE	2,828	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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