Hirel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération · INSEE 35132

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hirel (INSEE 35132) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération. Population 1,382 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35132-hirel

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 12,196 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	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ENFARINEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMIERE D'HIREL · L'ESCALE DES BOUCHOTS · BISTROT JOSEPHINE · AU PETIT FOUTANKE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE 10 VIN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE LONG SILLON). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JAVIER LAFUENTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HIREL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIO-POSTE DE HIREL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON 5). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger.

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	L'ENFARINEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Restaurant	4	LA CHAUMIERE D'HIREL · L'ESCALE DES BOUCHOTS · BISTROT JOSEPHINE · AU PETIT FOUTANKE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE 10 VIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE LONG SILLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JAVIER LAFUENTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE	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	HIREL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIO-POSTE DE HIREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE SALON 5	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,005 peak 2017: 1,392 2023: 1,382 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,363 (2012) → 1,382 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,166 (1990) → 1,382 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 896, of which 22 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.5 km SWBakery — 1.9 km EFood shop — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Le Vivier-sur-Mer): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Vivier-sur-Mer): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hirel): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hirel): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hirel): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 8.2 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 8.2 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHERRUEIX, 7.9 km away at 8 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35132/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35132/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35132/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35132/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35132
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
Availles-Limouzine	86	333 km SE	1,312	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Clécy	14	103 km E	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Savigny-en-Sancerre	18	366 km E	1,088	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Valamas	07	622 km SE	1,075	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Limerzel	56	115 km S	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sagy	71	578 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clécy	14	103 km E	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Limerzel	56	115 km S	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Availles-Limouzine	86	333 km SE	1,312	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Savigny-en-Sancerre	18	366 km E	1,088	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Sagy	71	578 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Valamas	07	622 km SE	1,075	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Hirel'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
Limerzel	56	115 km S	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Maël-Carhaix	22	125 km W	1,497	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vieux-Marché	22	121 km W	1,299	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lanvénégen	56	145 km SW	1,145	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Hallencourt	80	308 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Arzal	56	129 km S	1,846	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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