Essé

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Roche aux Fées Communauté · INSEE 35108

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Essé (INSEE 35108) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Roche aux Fées Communauté. Population 1,028 (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/35108-esse

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,125 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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) (FAGOTS ET FROMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CAILLARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AIT GHERBI BELAID · LE PANIER DES FEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MALIDOR GERVAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA ROCHE CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST ANTOINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FAGOTS ET FROMENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CAILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	AIT GHERBI BELAID · LE PANIER DES FEES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MALIDOR GERVAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA ROCHE CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST ANTOINE	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	ESSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 831 peak 2012: 1,131 2023: 1,028 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,131 (2012) → 1,028 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 816 (1990) → 1,028 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SPharmacy — 4.6 km EGP — 4.7 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 (Essé): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Marcillé-Robert): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Marcillé-Robert): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Essé): 0.2 km to the south-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. ^[10]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 9.9 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 9.9 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESSE, 2 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35165
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
Les Artigues-de-Lussac	33	346 km S	1,119	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Trémorel	22	70 km NW	1,156	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vérand	69	505 km SE	1,164	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Vézac	15	455 km SE	1,325	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Chemiré-le-Gaudin	72	105 km E	998	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Chaveyriat	01	528 km E	1,078	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trémorel	22	70 km NW	1,156	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chemiré-le-Gaudin	72	105 km E	998	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Les Artigues-de-Lussac	33	346 km S	1,119	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Vézac	15	455 km SE	1,325	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vérand	69	505 km SE	1,164	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chaveyriat	01	528 km E	1,078	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · 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 Essé'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
Trémorel	22	70 km NW	1,156	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Guerno	56	85 km SW	989	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Amayé-sur-Orne	14	145 km NE	1,079	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Noë-Blanche	35	29 km SW	1,002	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Langan	35	45 km NW	1,106	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes	35	44 km N	1,037	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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