La Fresnais
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Fresnais (INSEE 35116) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération. Population 2,509 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35116-la-fresnais
Vitality score
Vitality score 50/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 67 % of the 8,222 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 | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.78 | 10 | 7.83 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HONORE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (SARL CONNEMARA · PIZZ' ALTAGLIO). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (L'EDEN). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES FRENES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VIRGINIE BRUNOT, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE LOCHET GOARANT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FRESNAIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FRESNAIS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE BIEF DES LIVRES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (AU-DELA DU MIROIR · LE SALON D'ALEXANDRE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | HONORE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | UTILE | 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 | 2 | SARL CONNEMARA · PIZZ' ALTAGLIO | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'EDEN | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES FRENES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | VIRGINIE BRUNOT, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE LOCHET GOARANT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA FRESNAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA FRESNAIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE BIEF DES LIVRES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | AU-DELA DU MIROIR · LE SALON D'ALEXANDRE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 2,272 (2012) → 2,509 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,955 (1990) → 2,509 (2023): 28.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,253, of which 6.1 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Fresnais): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Fresnais): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Fresnais): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Fresnais): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Fresnais): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ST-MELOIR weather station, 7.9 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 6 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 9.8 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. [9]
An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PLERGUER, 7.8 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
162 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 216,625 € — 2,125 € per m² of built surface. [10]
11 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 122,760 € — 2,125 € per m². [10]
The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35116
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiclan | 29 | 156 km W | 2,585 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 05 | 760 km SE | 2,628 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 % |
| Collonges | 01 | 644 km E | 2,398 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hédé-Bazouges | 35 | 33 km S | 2,267 | 62.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche | 85 | 214 km S | 2,421 | 55.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bais | 35 | 77 km SE | 2,539 | 52 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hédé-Bazouges | 35 | 33 km S | 2,267 | 62.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bais | 35 | 77 km SE | 2,539 | 52 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guiclan | 29 | 156 km W | 2,585 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche | 85 | 214 km S | 2,421 | 55.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Collonges | 01 | 644 km E | 2,398 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 05 | 760 km SE | 2,628 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 La Fresnais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiclan | 29 | 156 km W | 2,585 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plonéis | 29 | 186 km W | 2,409 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creully sur Seulles | 14 | 122 km NE | 2,261 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vieux-Berquin | 59 | 399 km NE | 2,628 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colpo | 56 | 112 km SW | 2,296 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Péaule | 56 | 119 km S | 2,929 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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