Le Petit-Fougeray

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté · INSEE 35218

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Petit-Fougeray (INSEE 35218) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté. Population 901 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 14,952 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Café / bar (LE QG DU PETIT FOUGERAY). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (COULEUR CERISE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE QG DU PETIT FOUGERAY	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE YAK RIVAIS	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	LA BOUKINETTE 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	COULEUR CERISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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: 347 peak 2012: 904 2023: 901 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 904 (2012) → 901 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 387 (1990) → 901 (2023): 132.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km SEFood shop — 2.4 km SEGP — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Saulnières): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulnières): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Sel-de-Bretagne): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Crevin): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Petit-Fougeray): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 32.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the RENNES-ST JACQUES weather station, 18.3 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[12]

The village sits 65 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at RENNES-ST JACQUES, 18.3 km away at 36 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 65 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORPS-NUDS, 4.8 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35322
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35218
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
Blessy	62	414 km NE	907	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Louisfert	44	31 km SE	945	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	620 km E	875	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Landujan	35	46 km NW	941	33.9	Few services	no figures
Roquesérière	31	530 km SE	942	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 74 %
Angrie	49	62 km SE	913	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louisfert	44	31 km SE	945	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Landujan	35	46 km NW	941	33.9	Few services	no figures
Angrie	49	62 km SE	913	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Blessy	62	414 km NE	907	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roquesérière	31	530 km SE	942	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	620 km E	875	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Petit-Fougeray'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
Blessy	62	414 km NE	907	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thiembronne	62	400 km NE	815	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	14 km W	1,081	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	142 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Perreux	56	47 km SW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ourton	62	409 km NE	719	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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