Cuguen

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Romantique · INSEE 35092

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuguen (INSEE 35092) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Romantique. Population 828 (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/35092-cuguen

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 15,426 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	0.29	25	7.21
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	0.73	10	7.3
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SCDF FERAL CHRISTOPHE ROUGET NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CUGUEN AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE BOIS COUDRAIS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SCDF FERAL CHRISTOPHE ROUGET NATHALIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	CUGUEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE BOIS COUDRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 856 2023: 828 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 783 (2012) → 828 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 673 (1990) → 828 (2023): 23 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 7.9 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km EGP — 6.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 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 (Cuguen): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bazouges-la-Pérouse): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Combourg): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Combourg): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cuguen): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.1

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 12 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 12 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BROUALAN, 4.3 km away at 99 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 — 35092/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35092/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35092/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35092/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35019
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35085
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
Neuvic-Entier	87	392 km SE	865	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly	50	68 km NE	637	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Coulaures	24	403 km SE	768	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Rom	79	275 km SE	802	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Sévignac	22	52 km W	1,117	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumarchés	32	558 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sévignac	22	52 km W	1,117	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly	50	68 km NE	637	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Rom	79	275 km SE	802	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Neuvic-Entier	87	392 km SE	865	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Coulaures	24	403 km SE	768	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Beaumarchés	32	558 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Cuguen'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
Sévignac	22	52 km W	1,117	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pluzunet	22	128 km W	1,017	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Malon-sur-Mel	35	51 km SW	618	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	41 km NE	957	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guéhenno	56	95 km SW	814	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne	61	70 km E	630	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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