Louvigné-du-Désert

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Fougères Agglomération · INSEE 35162

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

Partly served 42.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louvigné-du-Désert (INSEE 35162) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 3,346 (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/35162-louvigne-du-desert

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 6,499 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.55	20	11.07
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.29	10	2.85
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ANTIMES DE ABREU · LA GALETTE DOREE · BOULANGERIE DU PRIEURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LA CHARCUTERIE DE CAMPAGNE · C3L). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (VANDIS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A PIZZ ' · LE RELAIS DE LA GARE · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · TRO BREIZH · L'HEURE DE LA GALETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE LE TENSORER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE JOVENCE). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU ROC · PHARMACIE ELSY GAULTIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LOUVIGNÉ DU DÉSERT). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LOUVIGNE DU DESERT · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS · RASOIRS & CHIGNONS · DENISENKO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE ANTIMES DE ABREU · LA GALETTE DOREE · BOULANGERIE DU PRIEURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	SARL LA CHARCUTERIE DE CAMPAGNE · C3L	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	VANDIS	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	LA BOITE A PIZZ ' · LE RELAIS DE LA GARE · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · TRO BREIZH · L'HEURE DE LA GALETTE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE LE TENSORER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE JOVENCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU ROC · PHARMACIE ELSY GAULTIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LOUVIGNÉ DU DÉSERT	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	2	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LOUVIGNE DU DESERT · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	L'HAIR DU TEMPS · RASOIRS & CHIGNONS · DENISENKO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,983 peak 1982: 4,445 2023: 3,346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,524 (2012) → 3,346 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,260 (1990) → 3,346 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,837, of which 3.9 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 7.2 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 (Louvigné-du-Désert): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Louvigné-du-Désert): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Landivy): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Louvigné-du-Désert): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Louvigné-du-Désert): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT weather station, 0.4 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT, 0.4 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT, 0.4 km away at 153 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 — 35162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53125
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
Montalieu-Vercieu	38	575 km SE	3,510	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 69 %
La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple	82	526 km S	3,358	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Vonnas	01	525 km SE	3,255	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 95 %
La Gaubretière	85	171 km S	3,225	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Pougues-les-Eaux	58	352 km SE	2,401	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Frévent	62	318 km NE	3,259	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Gaubretière	85	171 km S	3,225	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Frévent	62	318 km NE	3,259	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pougues-les-Eaux	58	352 km SE	2,401	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Vonnas	01	525 km SE	3,255	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 95 %
La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple	82	526 km S	3,358	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Montalieu-Vercieu	38	575 km SE	3,510	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 69 %

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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 Louvigné-du-Désert'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
Frévent	62	318 km NE	3,259	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Troarn	14	104 km NE	3,439	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Noyal-Pontivy	56	138 km W	3,606	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Broons	22	86 km W	2,943	72.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bapaume	62	340 km NE	3,779	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sourdeval	50	31 km NE	3,026	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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