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Montreuil-des-Landes

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35192

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

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montreuil-des-Landes (INSEE 35192) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 237 (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/35192-montreuil-des-landes

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 16,965 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.7106.97
Housing mix0.9154.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CUILLERE EPICEE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA CUILLERE EPICEEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 255 2023: 237 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 236 (2012) → 237 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 237 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 4.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.0 km SW (Saint-Christophe-des-Bois)Food shop — 3.9 km N (Parcé)GP — 4.1 km SE (Châtillon-en-Vendelais)Pharmacy — 4.6 km N (Billé)Bakery — 5.0 km SE (Châtillon-en-Vendelais)
Primary school — 3.0 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km NGP — 4.1 km SEPharmacy — 4.6 km NBakery — 5.0 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 (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Parcé): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Billé): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Christophe-des-Bois): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 10.1 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [12]

An average of 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE, 2.8 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 105,000 € — 1,346 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35192/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35192/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35192/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35192/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35072
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35214
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35025
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35260
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuilly-en-Vexin95256 km NE24022.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Mérignac17333 km S23722.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 88 %
Hurtières38639 km SE23324.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %
Foucaucourt-en-Santerre80343 km NE23518No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Vrigny51392 km E23423.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Cerre-lès-Noroy70566 km E23822.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuilly-en-Vexin95256 km NE24022.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Mérignac17333 km S23722.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 88 %
Foucaucourt-en-Santerre80343 km NE23518No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Vrigny51392 km E23423.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Cerre-lès-Noroy70566 km E23822.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Hurtières38639 km SE23324.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %

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