Grand-Fougeray

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté · INSEE 35124

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

Served 66.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grand-Fougeray (INSEE 35124) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté. Population 2,584 (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/35124-grand-fougeray

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,041 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.89	20	17.83
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	7.95
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAITIER YVONNE · TY GWEN · L'ILLE AUX PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE DES 3 RIVIERES). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (PIZZ A ROULETTES · LA TOUR DUGUESCLIN · LBDP · LA GOURMANDISE · L'ENTREPOTES). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS · A LA BONNE HEURE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON TARDIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YON VENG LY, MÉDECIN · ROSALIE MACÉ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FOUCRET MENET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE GRAND FOUGERAY LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAND FOUGERAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MYRIAM). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT LES PALIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PAITIER YVONNE · TY GWEN · L'ILLE AUX PAINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE DES 3 RIVIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	U EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	PIZZ A ROULETTES · LA TOUR DUGUESCLIN · LBDP · LA GOURMANDISE · L'ENTREPOTES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	CAFE DES SPORTS · A LA BONNE HEURE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON TARDIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	YON VENG LY, MÉDECIN · ROSALIE MACÉ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FOUCRET MENET	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	LE GRAND FOUGERAY LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAND FOUGERAY	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	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE MYRIAM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL RESTAURANT LES PALIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,219 2023: 2,584 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,393 (2012) → 2,584 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,995 (1990) → 2,584 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,271, of which 3.4 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Grand-Fougeray): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grand-Fougeray): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Grand-Fougeray): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Grand-Fougeray): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Grand-Fougeray): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.7

Days at or below 0 °C 26.3

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA-NOE-BLANCHE weather station, 6.9 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LA-NOE-BLANCHE, 6.9 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA-NOE-BLANCHE, 6.9 km away at 89 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 — 35124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35124
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
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	167 km NE	2,431	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Revigny-sur-Ornain	55	512 km E	2,499	58.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Aigueperse	63	420 km SE	2,665	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard-de-Guizières	33	327 km SE	2,438	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Vibraye	72	188 km E	2,523	58.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Grenade-sur-l'Adour	40	451 km S	2,398	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	167 km NE	2,431	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vibraye	72	188 km E	2,523	58.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Médard-de-Guizières	33	327 km SE	2,438	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Aigueperse	63	420 km SE	2,665	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Grenade-sur-l'Adour	40	451 km S	2,398	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Revigny-sur-Ornain	55	512 km E	2,499	58.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Grand-Fougeray'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
Les Epesses	85	112 km SE	2,983	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Broons	22	77 km NW	2,943	72.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bouloire	72	172 km E	2,127	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Maulévrier	49	109 km SE	3,172	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Châtaigneraie	85	141 km SE	2,600	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lassay-les-Châteaux	53	121 km NE	2,247	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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