Dol-de-Bretagne

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35095

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

Served 67.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dol-de-Bretagne (INSEE 35095) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 5,829 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 67.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 4,049 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	0.59	25	14.67
Social	0.93	20	18.62
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.65
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.76	10	7.59
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FLEURY · SUCRE-SALE · LA DOLOISE · L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS · AU VIEUX DOL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DES GRANDS STUARTS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EDULUCE · LA P'TITE EPICERIE DOLOISE). ^[3,4]

5 × Supermarket (ETABLISSEMENTS DUTERTRE · LIDL · MARTRIX · CARREFOUR MARKET · ACTION). ^[3,4]

24 × Restaurant (BOUGAINVILLE · SARL LES ANGES VIN · HOTEL DE BRETAGNE · LE DOL'MENE AUX SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (LE STUART · LE CELTIC BAR · BAR DES BEAUVAIS · LANCE L'EAU · BISTROT DE L'UNIVERS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUISE MICHEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL FEVAL · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MAGLOIRE). ^[3]

11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICKAEL MASSOT, MÉDECIN · JOSIANE LE BONO, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE BENOIT-ROLLAND, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN GENNET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL MORIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE REHEL SELARL · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DU PAYS DE DOL ET DE LA BAIE DU MONT ST MICHEL · MEDIATHÈQUE L'ODYSSÉE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINE DOL). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE CHATEAUBRIANT). ^[3]

5 × Bank (AGENCE DE DOL DE BRETAGNE · DOL DE BRETAGNE BNP PARIBAS BANQUE DE BRETAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DOL DE BRETAGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

11 × Hairdresser (LES FINES LAMES · COIFFURE HOMMES STEPHANE · LE RENARD MIKAEL · COIFF & CO). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL DE BRETAGNE · HOTEL DE LA GARE · HOTEL KYRIAD). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES TENDIÈRES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 7 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	BOULANGERIE FLEURY · SUCRE-SALE · LA DOLOISE · L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS · AU VIEUX DOL	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DES GRANDS STUARTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EDULUCE · LA P'TITE EPICERIE DOLOISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	5	ETABLISSEMENTS DUTERTRE · LIDL · MARTRIX · CARREFOUR MARKET · ACTION	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	24	BOUGAINVILLE · SARL LES ANGES VIN · HOTEL DE BRETAGNE · LE DOL'MENE AUX SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 31 [3,4]
Café / bar	8	LE STUART · LE CELTIC BAR · BAR DES BEAUVAIS · LANCE L'EAU · BISTROT DE L'UNIVERS	INSEE SIRENE 8 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUISE MICHEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE PAUL FEVAL · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MAGLOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	11	MICKAEL MASSOT, MÉDECIN · JOSIANE LE BONO, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE BENOIT-ROLLAND, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN GENNET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL MORIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 11 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE REHEL SELARL · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DU PAYS DE DOL ET DE LA BAIE DU MONT ST MICHEL · MEDIATHÈQUE L'ODYSSÉE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	1	CINE DOL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE CHATEAUBRIANT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	AGENCE DE DOL DE BRETAGNE · DOL DE BRETAGNE BNP PARIBAS BANQUE DE BRETAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DOL DE BRETAGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	11	LES FINES LAMES · COIFFURE HOMMES STEPHANE · LE RENARD MIKAEL · COIFF & CO	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	3	HOTEL DE BRETAGNE · HOTEL DE LA GARE · HOTEL KYRIAD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES TENDIÈRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 4,497 2023: 5,829 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,412 (2012) → 5,829 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 4,629 (1990) → 5,829 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,205, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Dol-de-Bretagne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Dol-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Dol-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dol-de-Bretagne): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dol-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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

Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 1.6 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 1.6 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 1.6 km away at 19 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 — 35095/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/38/37988540-7d80-34a1-8b05-b9f0a14ee58e— “Marché de Dol-de-Bretagne”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/38/71093ca0-613d-303b-a45d-80af26587947— “Marché Bio de Dol-de-Bretagne”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35095/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35095/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35095/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35095
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
Lannilis	29	204 km W	5,709	60.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Condé-en-Normandie	14	94 km E	5,985	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Grand-Champ	56	120 km SW	5,929	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Chanverrie	85	185 km S	5,653	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Guer	56	77 km S	6,208	65.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre	85	183 km S	6,057	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guer	56	77 km S	6,208	65.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Condé-en-Normandie	14	94 km E	5,985	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Grand-Champ	56	120 km SW	5,929	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre	85	183 km S	6,057	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Chanverrie	85	185 km S	5,653	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Lannilis	29	204 km W	5,709	60.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · 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 Dol-de-Bretagne'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
Ernée	53	66 km SE	5,499	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Wormhout	59	399 km NE	5,584	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-l'Évêque	14	163 km NE	5,145	70.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Audruicq	62	378 km NE	5,309	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plouigneau	29	143 km W	5,014	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Elven	56	110 km SW	6,651	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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