Mont-Dol

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35186

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mont-Dol (INSEE 35186) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 1,101 (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/35186-mont-dol

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,749 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	25	0
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.49	10	4.91
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE JARDIN DES SIMPLES · LA PAYO'T · SARL COCORICO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'OCEAN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB SIMON SIRODOT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU TERTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA ROCHE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	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	3	LE JARDIN DES SIMPLES · LA PAYO'T · SARL COCORICO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'OCEAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB SIMON SIRODOT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DU TERTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,105 peak 2007: 1,205 2023: 1,101 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,173 (2012) → 1,101 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,111 (1990) → 1,101 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 625, of which 15.2 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SFood shop — 2.4 km SEGP — 2.5 km SPharmacy — 2.9 km SE 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 (Dol-de-Bretagne): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dol-de-Bretagne): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dol-de-Bretagne): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dol-de-Bretagne): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mont-Dol): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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, 3.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 3.7 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 3.7 km away at 19 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 — 35186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35186
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
Houlle	62	376 km NE	1,116	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Folligny	50	39 km NE	1,119	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Varennes-lès-Narcy	58	391 km E	901	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lanfains	22	88 km W	1,077	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	626 km SE	1,087	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	235 km E	1,114	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Folligny	50	39 km NE	1,119	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Lanfains	22	88 km W	1,077	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	235 km E	1,114	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Houlle	62	376 km NE	1,116	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Varennes-lès-Narcy	58	391 km E	901	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	626 km SE	1,087	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Mont-Dol'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
Lanfains	22	88 km W	1,077	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perrey	27	193 km NE	1,224	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Polincove	62	377 km NE	867	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Yvignac-la-Tour	22	39 km SW	1,135	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Trémeur	22	44 km SW	809	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Izel-lès-Équerchin	62	395 km NE	1,040	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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