Dourdain

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Liffré-Cormier Communauté · INSEE 35101

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dourdain (INSEE 35101) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Liffré-Cormier Communauté. Population 1,237 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 13,039 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ JEREM' MIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (OB2S). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DOURDAIN PANIER DU VILLAGE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE DOURDAIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AURELIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · NINALJ COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ JEREM' MIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DU VILLAGE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	OB2S	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	DOURDAIN PANIER DU VILLAGE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE DOURDAIN	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	2	AURELIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · NINALJ COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 680 2023: 1,237 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,087 (2012) → 1,237 (2023): 13.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 594 (1990) → 1,237 (2023): 108.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 528, of which 2.5 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.6 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 km E 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 (Dourdain): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dourdain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Livré-sur-Changeon): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Izé): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dourdain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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. ^[11]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 19.8 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VAL-D-IZE, 5.7 km away at 106 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 — 35101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35347
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
Gennes-Longuefuye	53	68 km SE	1,354	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Barthélemy	56	128 km W	1,197	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Mensignac	24	361 km SE	1,521	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Romain-en-Jarez	42	536 km SE	1,206	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 76 %
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	368 km E	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 91 %
Lavoux	86	228 km SE	1,192	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gennes-Longuefuye	53	68 km SE	1,354	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Barthélemy	56	128 km W	1,197	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Lavoux	86	228 km SE	1,192	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %
Mensignac	24	361 km SE	1,521	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	368 km E	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Romain-en-Jarez	42	536 km SE	1,206	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 76 %

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