Drouges

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35102

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Drouges (INSEE 35102) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 502 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35102-drouges

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,778 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.64
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE L'ETANG). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (DESIGN'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	RESTAURANT DE L'ETANG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	DESIGN'HAIR	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: 564 2023: 502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 548 (2012) → 502 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 397 (1990) → 502 (2023): 26.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 5.8 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.7 km NEPrimary school — 5.0 km NEGP — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km NEBakery — 5.2 km NE 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 (La Guerche-de-Bretagne): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Guerche-de-Bretagne): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Guerche-de-Bretagne): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Guerche-de-Bretagne): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Guerche-de-Bretagne): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 3.8 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 3.8 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at RANNEE, 3.6 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35125
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
Wahlbach	68	644 km E	508	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Neaux	42	466 km SE	485	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Chaptuzat	63	396 km SE	485	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	226 km NE	490	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-près-Sées	61	129 km NE	492	23.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Oysonville	28	245 km E	517	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-près-Sées	61	129 km NE	492	23.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	226 km NE	490	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Oysonville	28	245 km E	517	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Chaptuzat	63	396 km SE	485	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Neaux	42	466 km SE	485	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Wahlbach	68	644 km E	508	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · 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 Drouges'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
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	226 km NE	490	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lintot	76	229 km NE	472	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Joué-en-Charnie	72	81 km E	589	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-sur-Vesle	51	404 km NE	569	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Torpt	27	200 km NE	469	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-sous-Brou	28	180 km E	443	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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