Muel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35201

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

Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Muel (INSEE 35201) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 927 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/35201-muel

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,808 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.92	10	9.2
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE L'HERMINE). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (LUCKY BAR · L'ACHILLEE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MUEL AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MUËL). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LE RELAIS DE L'HERMINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	2	LUCKY BAR · L'ACHILLEE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MUEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MUËL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 928 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 859 (2012) → 927 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 653 (1990) → 927 (2023): 42 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 9.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 4.8 km WGP — 9.1 km E 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-Malon-sur-Mel): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Maugan): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Iffendic): 9.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gaël): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Muel): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.8

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MONTERFIL weather station, 13.8 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 13.8 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BLERUAIS, 3.1 km away at 84 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35201
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-des-Landes	53	85 km E	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte	72	170 km E	955	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Leuhan	29	121 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Plounérin	22	113 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Courcemont	72	186 km E	664	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Thourie	35	59 km SE	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thourie	35	59 km SE	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	85 km E	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Plounérin	22	113 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Leuhan	29	121 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte	72	170 km E	955	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Courcemont	72	186 km E	664	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %

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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 Muel'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-Pierre-des-Landes	53	85 km E	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Thourie	35	59 km SE	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Séglien	56	74 km W	673	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guern	56	70 km W	1,411	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	352 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	108 km E	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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