Guipel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Val d'Ille-Aubigné · INSEE 35128

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guipel (INSEE 35128) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Val d'Ille-Aubigné. Population 1,738 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35128-guipel

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 10,536 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.55
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UN CAFE DES POSSIBLES). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (CHEREL GWENAEL · MANGER ! LE FOOD-BIKE · L'AGITEE DU BOCAL). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN BERNARD, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL MONTEIRO, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GUIPEL AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UN CAFE DES POSSIBLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	CHEREL GWENAEL · MANGER ! LE FOOD-BIKE · L'AGITEE DU BOCAL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	QUENTIN BERNARD, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL MONTEIRO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	GUIPEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,126 2023: 1,738 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,690 (2012) → 1,738 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,283 (1990) → 1,738 (2023): 35.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 798, of which 4.1 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km W 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 (Montreuil-sur-Ille): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guipel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guipel): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hédé-Bazouges): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Guipel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 40.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FEINS weather station, 9.8 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 10 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MELESSE, 8.4 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35130
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
Vieux-Fort	971	6,484 km W	1,674	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Alairac	11	646 km SE	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance	49	138 km SE	2,216	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gelais	79	236 km SE	2,220	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Roaillan	33	437 km S	1,810	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	01	592 km SE	1,866	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance	49	138 km SE	2,216	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gelais	79	236 km SE	2,220	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Roaillan	33	437 km S	1,810	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	01	592 km SE	1,866	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Alairac	11	646 km SE	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Vieux-Fort	971	6,484 km W	1,674	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Guipel'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
Béville-le-Comte	28	254 km E	1,705	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ambonnay	51	441 km E	941	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	152 km S	1,782	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Harbonnières	80	363 km NE	1,640	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Limouzinière	44	146 km S	2,459	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Préaux	76	253 km NE	1,849	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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