Mernel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté · INSEE 35175

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mernel (INSEE 35175) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. Population 1,021 (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/35175-mernel

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,187 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.95	10	9.54
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Supermarket (ECOMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MERNEL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	ECOMARCHE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAR DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MERNEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 639 peak 2017: 1,034 2023: 1,021 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,020 (2012) → 1,021 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 702 (1990) → 1,021 (2023): 45.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 535, of which 3.9 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km WBakery — 1.7 km SWGP — 1.7 km SWPharmacy — 1.8 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 (Val d'Anast): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mernel): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val d'Anast): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val d'Anast): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mernel): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 24.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAXENT weather station, 9.3 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[10]

The village sits 58 m below 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 MAXENT, 9.3 km away at 116 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 58 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAURE-DE-B., 2.2 km away at 55 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 — 35175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35175
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
Saint-Hilarion	78	286 km E	999	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bénigne	01	548 km E	1,359	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 49 %
Le Magny	36	332 km SE	1,003	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Chassenard	03	478 km E	1,023	22	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Père-sur-Loire	45	324 km E	1,034	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	14 km E	1,081	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	14 km E	1,081	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilarion	78	286 km E	999	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Père-sur-Loire	45	324 km E	1,034	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Le Magny	36	332 km SE	1,003	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Chassenard	03	478 km E	1,023	22	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bénigne	01	548 km E	1,359	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 49 %

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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 Mernel'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
Saint-Perreux	56	28 km S	1,086	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Fougeray	35	27 km E	901	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Thiembronne	62	421 km NE	815	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	186 km NE	1,212	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-du-Pinel	35	61 km E	1,018	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boqueho	22	98 km NW	1,054	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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