Lécousse
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lécousse (INSEE 35150) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 3,530 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/35150-lecousse
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 6,228 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.36 | 20 | 7.13 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.49 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GENEVEE · LE FOURNIL DU PARC). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (FOUGERES DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (MEIGNE OLGA · MC DONALD'S · ROYAL FOUGERES · LA TAVERNE TABLE DE CARACTERE · CORELISE). [3,4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MONTAUBERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RONAN GARNIER, MÉDECIN · ÉLÉONORE SALARDAINE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LECOUSSE RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LÉCOUSSE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF P DECOUBERTIN). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (COIFF&CO · FRANCK PROVOST). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (BRIT HÔTEL DU PARC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | MAISON GENEVEE · LE FOURNIL DU PARC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | FOUGERES DISTRIBUTION | 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 | MEIGNE OLGA · MC DONALD'S · ROYAL FOUGERES · LA TAVERNE TABLE DE CARACTERE · CORELISE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MONTAUBERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | RONAN GARNIER, MÉDECIN · ÉLÉONORE SALARDAINE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LECOUSSE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LÉCOUSSE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF P DECOUBERTIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | COIFF&CO · FRANCK PROVOST | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | BRIT HÔTEL DU PARC | 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
Population 2,987 (2012) → 3,530 (2023): 18.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,827 (1990) → 3,530 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,631, of which 1.1 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fougères): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lécousse): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lécousse): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Fougères): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lécousse): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 3.4 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 157 m. [10]
The village sits 83 m above 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 LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT, 14 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FOUGERES, 3.4 km away at 74 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 — 35150/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35150/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35150/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35150/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35115
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35150
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lampertheim | 67 | 657 km E | 3,457 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Issenheim | 68 | 631 km E | 3,502 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Olemps | 12 | 533 km SE | 3,559 | 37.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pradines | 46 | 477 km SE | 3,617 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 43 | 537 km SE | 3,395 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bousse | 57 | 552 km E | 3,236 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradines | 46 | 477 km SE | 3,617 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Olemps | 12 | 533 km SE | 3,559 | 37.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 43 | 537 km SE | 3,395 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bousse | 57 | 552 km E | 3,236 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 % |
| Issenheim | 68 | 631 km E | 3,502 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lampertheim | 67 | 657 km E | 3,457 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Lécousse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 14 | 103 km NE | 2,810 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 14 | 106 km NE | 4,494 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Fère | 02 | 364 km NE | 2,796 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Erblon | 35 | 51 km SW | 3,651 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | 61 | 95 km E | 3,636 | 31.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Carpiquet | 14 | 107 km NE | 3,428 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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