Clayes

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35081

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Clayes (INSEE 35081) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 947 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35081-clayes

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 14,674 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ATELIER BAMBINO). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'HAIR...ZEN). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	ATELIER BAMBINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	COIFF'HAIR...ZEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 178 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 668 (2012) → 947 (2023): 41.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 947 (2023): 136.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 393, of which 1.5 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NEFood shop — 2.6 km NEGP — 3.0 km SEPharmacy — 3.0 km SE 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 (Parthenay-de-Bretagne): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Parthenay-de-Bretagne): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gilles): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gilles): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Clayes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 8.9 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 8.9 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEDEE, 7.9 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35081
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
Meillon	64	559 km S	957	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	95 km E	953	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	87 km E	970	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Leyrieu	38	602 km SE	919	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Yèbles	77	345 km E	980	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	01	575 km E	915	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	87 km E	970	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	95 km E	953	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Yèbles	77	345 km E	980	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Meillon	64	559 km S	957	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Rémy	01	575 km E	915	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Leyrieu	38	602 km SE	919	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Clayes'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
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	95 km E	953	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	87 km E	970	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil-sur-Aisne	60	382 km NE	912	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-la-Garenne	78	278 km E	942	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe	85	162 km SE	1,042	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fromelles	59	435 km NE	1,161	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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