Epiniac

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35104

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Epiniac (INSEE 35104) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 1,438 (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/35104-epiniac

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 11,954 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.01
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (VAL ROTISSERIE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EPINIAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (LA FORGE A LIRE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU DOMAINE DES ORMES). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (LES CASTELS DOMAINE DES ORMES). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	VAL ROTISSERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	EPINIAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	LA FORGE A LIRE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DU DOMAINE DES ORMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	LES CASTELS DOMAINE DES ORMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,126 2023: 1,438 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,402 (2012) → 1,438 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,105 (1990) → 1,438 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 753, of which 7.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km EFood shop — 4.8 km NBakery — 5.4 km NWPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Dol-de-Bretagne): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dol-de-Bretagne): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Boussac): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dol-de-Bretagne): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Epiniac): 0.2 km to the 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, 4.9 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 4.9 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, 4.9 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 — 35104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35104
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
Peillon	06	874 km SE	1,408	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Paslières	63	486 km SE	1,491	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	516 km SE	1,311	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cabariot	17	294 km S	1,481	30	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Molac	56	103 km SW	1,633	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marigné-Laillé	72	170 km SE	1,653	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Molac	56	103 km SW	1,633	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marigné-Laillé	72	170 km SE	1,653	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cabariot	17	294 km S	1,481	30	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Paslières	63	486 km SE	1,491	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	516 km SE	1,311	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Peillon	06	874 km SE	1,408	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · 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 Epiniac'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
Molac	56	103 km SW	1,633	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Roz-Landrieux	35	9.3 km NW	1,378	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Guillac	56	88 km SW	1,396	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plémy	22	75 km W	1,578	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	191 km NE	1,181	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Maxent	35	64 km SW	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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