Domalain

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35097

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Domalain (INSEE 35097) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 2,055 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35097-domalain

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 9,445 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.99	10	9.87
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SEB ET JO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE FREDDY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CORNER'S CAFE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DOMALIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SEB ET JO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 TABLE DE FREDDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CORNER'S CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	DOMALAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DOMALIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 1,534 2023: 2,055 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,953 (2012) → 2,055 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,382 (1990) → 2,055 (2023): 48.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 828, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 3.3 km NEPrimary school — 3.9 km SEGP — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km NW 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 (Domalain): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Domalain): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bais): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bais): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Moutiers): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 8.8 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 8.8 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERGEAL, 4.8 km away at 86 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 — 35097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35200
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
La Marne	44	118 km S	1,586	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marles-en-Brie	77	315 km E	1,898	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	619 km SE	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Froidfond	85	131 km S	2,208	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	150 km E	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vignoc	35	49 km NW	2,329	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vignoc	35	49 km NW	2,329	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Marne	44	118 km S	1,586	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Froidfond	85	131 km S	2,208	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	150 km E	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marles-en-Brie	77	315 km E	1,898	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	619 km SE	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Domalain'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 Marne	44	118 km S	1,586	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	150 km E	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vignoc	35	49 km NW	2,329	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons	44	110 km SW	2,422	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vairé	85	160 km S	1,960	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	64 km SE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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