Le Ferré

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Fougères Agglomération · INSEE 35111

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Ferré (INSEE 35111) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 732 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/35111-le-ferre

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,221 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 1 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). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (L'ARC EN CIEL ET AUBERGE DU PETIT MOULIN · CHRIS HOT DOG · DELICE BOREK · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE FERRE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (LE COIN DES LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA HARILAIS, CAMPING RURAL). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	L'ARC EN CIEL ET AUBERGE DU PETIT MOULIN · CHRIS HOT DOG · DELICE BOREK · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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	1	LE FERRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LE COIN DES LIVRES	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LA HARILAIS, CAMPING RURAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 788 2023: 732 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 717 (2012) → 732 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 619 (1990) → 732 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 8.1 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.6 km SEFood shop — 4.0 km NEPharmacy — 4.0 km NEGP — 4.2 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 (Le Ferré): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-James): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Poilley): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT weather station, 12.2 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT, 12.2 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FERRE(LE), 0.4 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35230
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
Lacropte	24	417 km SE	699	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Troche	19	402 km SE	534	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Cressanges	03	405 km SE	644	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ségrie	72	103 km E	592	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cossaye	58	407 km SE	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 61 %
Moncrabeau	47	512 km S	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ségrie	72	103 km E	592	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Troche	19	402 km SE	534	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Cressanges	03	405 km SE	644	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Cossaye	58	407 km SE	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 61 %
Lacropte	24	417 km SE	699	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Moncrabeau	47	512 km S	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %

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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 Le Ferré'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
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	44 km E	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Caro	56	103 km SW	1,126	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mohon	56	103 km SW	991	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Laurenan	22	97 km W	744	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgon	53	40 km SE	616	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Plougonver	22	154 km W	760	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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