Meillac

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Romantique · INSEE 35172

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

Partly served 45.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meillac (INSEE 35172) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Romantique. Population 1,974 (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/35172-meillac

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 9,706 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.3
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (LE FOURNIL ROMANTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (RUAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FICELLE ET CHAUDIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE DUVAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL ROMANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	RUAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	FICELLE ET CHAUDIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTINE DUVAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MEILLAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LES CISEAUX DE NOLWENN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,424 2023: 1,974 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,776 (2012) → 1,974 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,380 (1990) → 1,974 (2023): 43 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 948, of which 6.6 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.7 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 (Meillac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meillac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Meillac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Combourg): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

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, 16.4 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 16.4 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COMBOURG, 5.4 km away at 76 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 — 35172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35085
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
Félines	07	605 km SE	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bresse Vallons	01	575 km E	2,388	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Pleugueneuc	35	6.8 km W	2,087	51.4	Partly served	no figures
Allan	26	667 km SE	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Charbonnières-les-Varennes	63	458 km SE	1,935	41.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Terre	33	419 km S	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pleugueneuc	35	6.8 km W	2,087	51.4	Partly served	no figures
Sainte-Terre	33	419 km S	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Charbonnières-les-Varennes	63	458 km SE	1,935	41.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Bresse Vallons	01	575 km E	2,388	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Félines	07	605 km SE	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Allan	26	667 km SE	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · 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 Meillac'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
Brix	50	127 km N	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	232 km NE	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Drefféac	44	106 km S	2,288	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	54 km S	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Guénin	56	103 km SW	1,921	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Val d'Arry	14	121 km NE	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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