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Combourtillé

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Fougères Agglomération · INSEE 35086

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combourtillé (INSEE 35086) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 610 (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/35086-combourtille

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,004 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8654.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AU JARDIN BRETON). [3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE COMBOURTILLÉ). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AU JARDIN BRETONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE COMBOURTILLÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 416 peak 2017: 611 2023: 610 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 593 (2012) → 610 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 610 (2023): 68 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 1.5 km N (Billé)Food shop — 1.6 km N (Billé)Bakery — 3.3 km W (Rives-du-Couesnon)Primary school — 3.4 km E (Parcé)GP — 5.8 km NE (Javené)
Pharmacy — 1.5 km NFood shop — 1.6 km NBakery — 3.3 km WPrimary school — 3.4 km EGP — 5.8 km NE 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 (Rives-du-Couesnon): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Billé): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Javené): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Billé): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Parcé): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 7.6 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 100 m. [12]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at VENDEL, 4 km away at 94 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 — 35086/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35086/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35086/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35086/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35282
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35025
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35137
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35214
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Salvizinet42503 km SE62329.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 46 %
Cannes-et-Clairan30636 km SE61726.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 57 %
Colombine70532 km E60525.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 35 %
Pontoy57559 km E61325.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
Frozes86207 km SE62126.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Rouffiac17293 km S51928.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Frozes86207 km SE62126.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Rouffiac17293 km S51928.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Salvizinet42503 km SE62329.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 46 %
Colombine70532 km E60525.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 35 %
Pontoy57559 km E61325.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
Cannes-et-Clairan30636 km SE61726.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 57 %

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