Mézières-sur-Couesnon

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Liffré-Cormier Communauté · INSEE 35178

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mézières-sur-Couesnon (INSEE 35178) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Liffré-Cormier Communauté. Population 1,734 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 64 % of the 10,548 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	6.47
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BIST'ROULE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEZIERES SUR COUESNON AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (A CHACUN SON INSTANT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

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)	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 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	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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BIST'ROULE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN	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	MEZIERES SUR COUESNON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	A CHACUN SON INSTANT	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 962 peak 2017: 1,752 2023: 1,734 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,551 (2012) → 1,734 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 807 (1990) → 1,734 (2023): 114.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 742, of which 5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 3.3 km NBakery — 3.7 km NFood shop — 3.7 km N 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 (Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mézières-sur-Couesnon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 40.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FEINS weather station, 12.4 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 93 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 12.7 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES-SUR-C., 1.7 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35178
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-Pierre-d'Eyraud	24	406 km S	1,795	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Amanlis	35	32 km S	1,768	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne	35	42 km S	1,731	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Plestan	22	76 km W	1,635	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Tanneron	83	828 km SE	1,750	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Cours-de-Pile	24	413 km S	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Amanlis	35	32 km S	1,768	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne	35	42 km S	1,731	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Plestan	22	76 km W	1,635	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud	24	406 km S	1,795	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Cours-de-Pile	24	413 km S	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Tanneron	83	828 km SE	1,750	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Mézières-sur-Couesnon'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
Amanlis	35	32 km S	1,768	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne	35	42 km S	1,731	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Guénin	56	123 km W	1,921	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gahard	35	6.4 km W	1,523	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Moustoir-Ac	56	115 km SW	1,775	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Baguer-Morvan	35	36 km NW	1,702	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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