L'Hermitage

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35131

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

Partly served 52.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Hermitage (INSEE 35131) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 4,730 (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/35131-l-hermitage

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 4,908 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	0.31	25	7.68
Social	0.64	20	12.88
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.95	10	9.53
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON THOMASSET · L' ATELIER DES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE TERROIR D'ANTAN · VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (HERMIDIS). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LE SAINT HILAIRE · BISTROT CREPERIE L'ELEPHANT · BURGUR KING). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BISTROT DES POTOS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EUGENE ALLANIC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABRICE LE FEVRE, MÉDECIN · LOU CADY, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE PELE, MÉDECIN · GILLES TAPIN, MÉDECIN · CECILE GARNIER-MATHIEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'HERMITAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

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

4 × Hairdresser (NUANCE COIFFURE · C' STYLE · CREAPASSION · BARBER EXPERT 35). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON THOMASSET · L' ATELIER DES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE TERROIR D'ANTAN · VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	HERMIDIS	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	9	LE SAINT HILAIRE · BISTROT CREPERIE L'ELEPHANT · BURGUR KING	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BISTROT DES POTOS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EUGENE ALLANIC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	FABRICE LE FEVRE, MÉDECIN · LOU CADY, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE PELE, MÉDECIN · GILLES TAPIN, MÉDECIN · CECILE GARNIER-MATHIEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'HERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	4	NUANCE COIFFURE · C' STYLE · CREAPASSION · BARBER EXPERT 35	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,404 2023: 4,730 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,958 (2012) → 4,730 (2023): 19.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,256 (1990) → 4,730 (2023): 45.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,204, of which 1 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.0 km E 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 (L'Hermitage): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Hermitage): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Hermitage): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (L'Hermitage): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (L'Hermitage): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 3.2 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 3.2 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 3.2 km away at 38 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 — 35131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35131
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
Neuville-aux-Bois	45	288 km E	4,987	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Camaret-sur-Aigues	84	678 km SE	4,533	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guignes	77	346 km E	4,448	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Case-Pilote	972	6,540 km W	4,537	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
La Mézière	35	11 km NE	5,033	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sarralbe	57	658 km E	4,364	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Mézière	35	11 km NE	5,033	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-aux-Bois	45	288 km E	4,987	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Guignes	77	346 km E	4,448	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Sarralbe	57	658 km E	4,364	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 51 %
Camaret-sur-Aigues	84	678 km SE	4,533	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Case-Pilote	972	6,540 km W	4,537	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · 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 L'Hermitage'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
La Mézière	35	11 km NE	5,033	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin	60	358 km E	4,258	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ambazac	87	343 km SE	5,556	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Breteil	35	6.4 km W	3,675	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bellevigny	85	152 km S	6,240	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Neufchâtel-en-Bray	76	298 km NE	4,662	63.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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