Maxent

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Brocéliande Communauté · INSEE 35169

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maxent (INSEE 35169) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Brocéliande Communauté. Population 1,450 (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/35169-maxent

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 11,910 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.98	10	9.8
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (J'PEUX PAS, J'AI GALETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GALLO PEINTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ÉCOLE BUISSONNIÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE NOLWENN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	J'PEUX PAS, J'AI GALETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GALLO PEINTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MAXENT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ÉCOLE BUISSONNIÈRE	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	1	LES CISEAUX DE NOLWENN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,149 peak 2017: 1,466 2023: 1,450 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,383 (2012) → 1,450 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 980 (1990) → 1,450 (2023): 48 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 703, of which 8.3 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km NWGP — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.9 km NWBakery — 5.2 km SW 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 (Maxent): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plélan-le-Grand): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plélan-le-Grand): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plélan-le-Grand): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Maxent): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 28.8

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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

Measured at the MAXENT weather station, 5 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MAXENT, 5 km away at 116 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAXENT, 5 km away at 116 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 — 35169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35223
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
Marcilly-le-Châtel	42	527 km SE	1,401	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay	07	590 km SE	1,357	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Cours-de-Pile	24	401 km SE	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Durdat-Larequille	03	407 km SE	1,280	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Arsac-en-Velay	43	566 km SE	1,219	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Gahard	35	52 km NE	1,523	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gahard	35	52 km NE	1,523	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cours-de-Pile	24	401 km SE	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Durdat-Larequille	03	407 km SE	1,280	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-le-Châtel	42	527 km SE	1,401	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Arsac-en-Velay	43	566 km SE	1,219	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay	07	590 km SE	1,357	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Maxent'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
Plestan	22	58 km NW	1,635	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	42 km SW	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Garlan	29	145 km NW	1,043	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bon Repos sur Blavet	22	86 km W	1,248	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guillac	56	33 km W	1,396	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	9.1 km SE	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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