La Couyère

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté · INSEE 35089

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Couyère (INSEE 35089) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté. Population 448 (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/35089-la-couyere

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,917 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.74	10	7.44
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LA CLE DES CHAMPS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA GRANDE OURSE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE HENRI MATISSE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA COUYÈRE CLAIR DE LUNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LA CLE DES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA GRANDE OURSE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE HENRI MATISSE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA COUYÈRE CLAIR DE LUNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 472 peak 2012: 506 2023: 448 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 506 (2012) → 448 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 448 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km SFood shop — 3.6 km SGP — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.5 km SW 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 (Lalleu): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalleu): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ercé-en-Lamée): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ercé-en-Lamée): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Couyère): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 36.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTIGNE-F. weather station, 15.9 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 16.2 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THOURIE, 6.3 km away at 67 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 — 35089/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35089/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35089/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35089/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35089
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
Lesgor	40	451 km S	427	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Périgny	03	424 km SE	484	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Lescure	09	584 km S	479	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour	15	482 km SE	412	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	226 km SE	468	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Petit-Auverné	44	35 km SE	434	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Petit-Auverné	44	35 km SE	434	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	226 km SE	468	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Périgny	03	424 km SE	484	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Lesgor	40	451 km S	427	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour	15	482 km SE	412	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Lescure	09	584 km S	479	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Couyère'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-Ganton	35	32 km SW	413	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chalais	24	323 km SE	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bâton	79	181 km SE	415	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont	53	81 km NE	440	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie	24	320 km SE	520	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Espartignac	19	363 km SE	407	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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