Moulins

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35198

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

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulins (INSEE 35198) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 724 (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/35198-moulins

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,258 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.2
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES VOLLAILES DE L'AUDISIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTIFONCTIONS · SALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1	LES VOLLAILES DE L'AUDISIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE MULTIFONCTIONS · SALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 2 [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: 603 2023: 724 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 724 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 510 (1990) → 724 (2023): 42 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 1.2 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SWGP — 3.9 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km WBakery — 4.5 km W 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 (Piré-Chancé): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moulins): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Piré-Chancé): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Piré-Chancé): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moulins): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 9.9 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 9.9 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESSE, 7.6 km away at 49 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 — 35198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35198
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
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix	18	302 km E	708	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Izier	21	498 km E	783	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Trelins	42	481 km SE	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Pralong	42	486 km SE	842	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Surin	79	185 km S	635	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Perrex	01	519 km E	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Surin	79	185 km S	635	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix	18	302 km E	708	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Trelins	42	481 km SE	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Pralong	42	486 km SE	842	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Izier	21	498 km E	783	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Perrex	01	519 km E	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %

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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 Moulins'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
Monchy-le-Preux	62	400 km NE	679	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cours	56	89 km W	697	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vergéal	35	8.9 km NE	806	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	89 km SW	773	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Magnicourt-en-Comte	62	387 km NE	647	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Yenne	73	602 km SE	747	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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