Paimpont

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Brocéliande Communauté · INSEE 35211

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

Partly served 54.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paimpont (INSEE 35211) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Brocéliande Communauté. Population 1,772 (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/35211-paimpont

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 10,413 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.88	20	17.59
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.79
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DOUCEURS DE BROCELIANDE). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE VOTRE MARCHE · L'HERMINE · VOTRE MARCHE CHEZ AMANDINE). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE LUTIN DE BROCELIANDE · BROCELIANDE BIKE · KB PIZZA · LA PIZZERIA DU ROI · SNC MAJO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BRECILIEN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PAIMPONT AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX ENCHANTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE BROCELIANDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · LE DOMAINE INSOLITE DE BROCELIANDE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES DOUCEURS DE BROCELIANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	L'EPICERIE VOTRE MARCHE · L'HERMINE · VOTRE MARCHE CHEZ AMANDINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	8	LE LUTIN DE BROCELIANDE · BROCELIANDE BIKE · KB PIZZA · LA PIZZERIA DU ROI · SNC MAJO	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BRECILIEN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	PAIMPONT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LES CISEAUX ENCHANTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RELAIS DE BROCELIANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · LE DOMAINE INSOLITE DE BROCELIANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,714 2023: 1,772 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,622 (2012) → 1,772 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,385 (1990) → 1,772 (2023): 27.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,035, of which 16.1 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 6.4 km EGP — 6.5 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 (Paimpont): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Paimpont): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plélan-le-Grand): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plélan-le-Grand): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Paimpont): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.1

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAIMPONT weather station, 4.4 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 13.7 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 888 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PAIMPONT, 4.4 km away at 157 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 — 35211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35223
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
Béganne	56	47 km S	1,493	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Montferrat	83	830 km SE	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Pédernec	22	104 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pléhédel	22	97 km NW	1,306	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Berné	56	91 km W	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Malguénac	56	66 km W	1,857	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Béganne	56	47 km S	1,493	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Malguénac	56	66 km W	1,857	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Berné	56	91 km W	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Pléhédel	22	97 km NW	1,306	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Pédernec	22	104 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Montferrat	83	830 km SE	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Paimpont'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
Malguénac	56	66 km W	1,857	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Juvigny Val d'Andaine	61	137 km NE	2,094	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Gaël	35	13 km N	1,613	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chailland	53	99 km E	1,187	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Glières-Val-de-Borne	74	687 km E	1,824	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Frenelles-en-Vexin	27	304 km NE	1,686	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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