Pléchâtel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pléchâtel (INSEE 35221) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté. Population 2,833 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35221-plechatel
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 89 % of the 7,465 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.78 | 10 | 7.77 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAINS ET DIVINES SAVEURS · MALASSIS JULIE-MARIE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (ALL PIZZA · PIZZA EDDY · SEBDOUN FABIO · SUBWAY). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE PENDRAGON). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI DES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE CATHOLIQUE ARTHUR-REGNAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MICHEL). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MELANIE CADOT, MÉDECIN · RENÉ PUNG, MÉDECIN · AMALIA ARRIETA, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER GRASLAND, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TCHONLAFI). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PLECHATEL AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PLÉCHÂTEL). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (ART DE LA COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | PAINS ET DIVINES SAVEURS · MALASSIS JULIE-MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 4 | ALL PIZZA · PIZZA EDDY · SEBDOUN FABIO · SUBWAY | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE PENDRAGON | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI DES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE CATHOLIQUE ARTHUR-REGNAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MICHEL | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | MELANIE CADOT, MÉDECIN · RENÉ PUNG, MÉDECIN · AMALIA ARRIETA, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER GRASLAND, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE TCHONLAFI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PLECHATEL AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PLÉCHÂTEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | ART DE LA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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
Population 2,711 (2012) → 2,833 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,834 (1990) → 2,833 (2023): 54.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,302, of which 5.8 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pléchâtel): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bourg-des-Comptes): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Pléchâtel): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Pléchâtel): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Pléchâtel): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA-NOE-BLANCHE weather station, 12.9 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 64 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA-NOE-BLANCHE, 12.9 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BOURG-DES-COMPTES, 2.7 km away at 38 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 — 35221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35221
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35033
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camors | 56 | 93 km W | 3,260 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 % |
| Plélo | 22 | 115 km NW | 3,344 | 38.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Taupont | 56 | 52 km W | 2,428 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Château-l'Évêque | 24 | 348 km SE | 2,158 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Polignac | 43 | 532 km SE | 2,819 | 43.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures | 33 | 338 km SE | 2,205 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taupont | 56 | 52 km W | 2,428 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camors | 56 | 93 km W | 3,260 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 % |
| Plélo | 22 | 115 km NW | 3,344 | 38.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures | 33 | 338 km SE | 2,205 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 % |
| Château-l'Évêque | 24 | 348 km SE | 2,158 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Polignac | 43 | 532 km SE | 2,819 | 43.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 24 % · 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 Pléchâtel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taupont | 56 | 52 km W | 2,428 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 44 | 52 km S | 3,063 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Treffléan | 56 | 69 km W | 2,572 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corsept | 44 | 72 km S | 2,594 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 61 km S | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Besné | 44 | 61 km SW | 3,322 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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