Pacé

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35210

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

Partly served 52.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pacé (INSEE 35210) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 11,703 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35210-pace

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 2,089 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	0.3	25	7.56
Social	0.67	20	13.5
Education	0.31	10	3.13
Health	0.53	10	5.34
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (F.M.G · TRADEOZ RENNES · E.U.R.L. LE FOURNIL DE NICOLAS · OPI). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL HAUTE BERTHAULT · LA BOUCHERIE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CITY · LE CARBASSON). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ACTION · CARREFOUR). ^[3,4]

25 × Restaurant (LES HOUIS · SENI · MC DONALD'S). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (COQ N PAT BY YANNICK · LE PACEEN · BAR-BRASSERIE DE LA MAIRIE · LE SAINT MELAINE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GUY GERARD). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GUY GERARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE HAUT CHEMIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOISE DOLTO · COLLEGE PRIVE ST GABRIEL). ^[3]

15 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-CLAIRE LEBOUCHER, MÉDECIN · ABDELKADER KEBAILI, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DE FARCY, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE JAUD-GROLLIER, MÉDECIN · PASCALE GUENEE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES OLIVIERS · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LOUISON BOBET · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN PIERRE CHASSBOEUF). ^[3]

5 × Bank (AGENCE PACE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PACE-VEZIN · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (FRANCK PROVOST FEMMES · FRANCK PROVOST HOMMES · SARL LUCIE ST LISE · PEOPLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (GREET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	F.M.G · TRADEOZ RENNES · E.U.R.L. LE FOURNIL DE NICOLAS · OPI	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	SARL HAUTE BERTHAULT · LA BOUCHERIE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	CARREFOUR CITY · LE CARBASSON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ACTION · CARREFOUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	25	LES HOUIS · SENI · MC DONALD'S	INSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	COQ N PAT BY YANNICK · LE PACEEN · BAR-BRASSERIE DE LA MAIRIE · LE SAINT MELAINE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GUY GERARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GUY GERARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE HAUT CHEMIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE FRANCOISE DOLTO · COLLEGE PRIVE ST GABRIEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	15	ANNE-CLAIRE LEBOUCHER, MÉDECIN · ABDELKADER KEBAILI, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DE FARCY, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE JAUD-GROLLIER, MÉDECIN · PASCALE GUENEE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 15 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DES OLIVIERS · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE LOUISON BOBET · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN PIERRE CHASSBOEUF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	AGENCE PACE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PACE-VEZIN · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	8	FRANCK PROVOST FEMMES · FRANCK PROVOST HOMMES · SARL LUCIE ST LISE · PEOPLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	GREET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,335 peak 2017: 11,739 2023: 11,703 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 10,818 (2012) → 11,703 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,548 (1990) → 11,703 (2023): 110.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,263, of which 1.4 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Pacé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pacé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pacé): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pacé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pacé): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 3.9 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 3.9 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 3.9 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35210
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
Somain	59	442 km NE	11,766	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chauny	02	400 km NE	11,596	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenage	38	654 km SE	11,646	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Yvetot	76	247 km NE	11,438	61.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bolbec	76	229 km NE	11,590	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	59	459 km NE	11,644	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bolbec	76	229 km NE	11,590	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Yvetot	76	247 km NE	11,438	61.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chauny	02	400 km NE	11,596	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Somain	59	442 km NE	11,766	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	59	459 km NE	11,644	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenage	38	654 km SE	11,646	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Pacé'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
Chauny	02	400 km NE	11,596	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Louvres	95	330 km E	12,560	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Quimperlé	29	136 km W	12,469	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mayenne	53	87 km E	12,883	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fosses	95	333 km E	10,570	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tergnier	02	406 km NE	13,045	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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