Guignen
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Guignen (INSEE 35127) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. Population 4,175 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35127-guignen
Vitality score
Vitality score 45.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 29 % of the 5,432 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.65 | 20 | 13.05 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.65 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GICQUEL). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXIDIS). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (PRIOUL JOSIC · SARL BERNIQUE · COCHON GRILLE AU FEU DE BOIS A L'ANCIENNE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BAR RESTAURANT LE PONT DE CANUT · LA CALECHE · AU COMPTOIR DE MANU). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME BAILLEUL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ECOLE DEMOCRATIQUE NOESIS). [3]
1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOESIS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LORIN STIRBU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEFEUVRE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GUIGNEN RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUIGNEN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JO LETOURNEL). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (L'ART ET LA MANIERE · L'ATELIER D'ARZEL · MANU COIFFE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Collège.
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 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GICQUEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXIDIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | PRIOUL JOSIC · SARL BERNIQUE · COCHON GRILLE AU FEU DE BOIS A L'ANCIENNE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BAR RESTAURANT LE PONT DE CANUT · LA CALECHE · AU COMPTOIR DE MANU | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME BAILLEUL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ECOLE DEMOCRATIQUE NOESIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOESIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | LORIN STIRBU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LEFEUVRE | 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 | GUIGNEN RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUIGNEN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF JO LETOURNEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | L'ART ET LA MANIERE · L'ATELIER D'ARZEL · MANU COIFFE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 7h00 à 13h. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,551 (2012) → 4,175 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,146 (1990) → 4,175 (2023): 94.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,849, of which 3.5 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Guignen): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Guignen): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Guignen): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Guignen): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Guignen): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MAXENT weather station, 10.5 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 66 m. [10]
The village sits 50 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MAXENT, 10.5 km away at 116 m, over 11 summers. [10]
That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LA-CHAPELLE-B., 5.5 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35127/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.guignen.fr/marche-de-guignen/— “Tous les mercredis sur le marché de 7h00 à 13h”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35127/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35127/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35127/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35127
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordemais | 44 | 70 km S | 4,012 | 43.6 | Partly served | no figures |
| Chaniers | 17 | 264 km SE | 3,651 | 45.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
| Aigondigné | 79 | 216 km SE | 4,710 | 47.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vair-sur-Loire | 44 | 81 km SE | 4,944 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 % |
| Monterblanc | 56 | 64 km W | 3,356 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besné | 44 | 61 km S | 3,322 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besné | 44 | 61 km S | 3,322 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monterblanc | 56 | 64 km W | 3,356 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cordemais | 44 | 70 km S | 4,012 | 43.6 | Partly served | no figures |
| Vair-sur-Loire | 44 | 81 km SE | 4,944 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 % |
| Aigondigné | 79 | 216 km SE | 4,710 | 47.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaniers | 17 | 264 km SE | 3,651 | 45.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Guignen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterblanc | 56 | 64 km W | 3,356 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besné | 44 | 61 km S | 3,322 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quessoy | 22 | 81 km NW | 3,969 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 44 | 52 km S | 3,063 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Nolff | 56 | 64 km W | 3,990 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bignan | 56 | 68 km W | 2,757 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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