Pleine-Fougères

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35222

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

Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pleine-Fougères (INSEE 35222) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 2,002 (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/35222-pleine-fougeres

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 9,632 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	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.11
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE DE TOM). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BEAUBOUCHEZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JP DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (PLEFOREL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MAX LOU-EN · SARL REGESTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GISELE HALIMI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS BRUNE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CELINE BAYARD, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE BRETON, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE THEBAULT-DAVID, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PLEINE FOUGERES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE PLEINE FOUGÈRES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN GALLON). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLEINE FOUGERES). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (ATELIER COUP'MECHES · LE CONCEPT BY NATH). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOULANGE DE TOM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BEAUBOUCHEZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	JP DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	PLEFOREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE MAX LOU-EN · SARL REGESTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GISELE HALIMI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE FRANCOIS BRUNE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CELINE BAYARD, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE BRETON, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE THEBAULT-DAVID, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PLEINE FOUGERES	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE PLEINE FOUGÈRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN GALLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLEINE FOUGERES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	5	ATELIER COUP'MECHES · LE CONCEPT BY NATH	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,036 2023: 2,002 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,966 (2012) → 2,002 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,802 (1990) → 2,002 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,116, of which 10.4 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[8]

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 (Pleine-Fougères): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pleine-Fougères): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pleine-Fougères): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pleine-Fougères): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pleine-Fougères): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.3

Days at or below 0 °C 38

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GEORGES weather station, 4.7 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 12.5 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GEORGES, 4.7 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://pleine-fougeres.bzh/actualites/— “Retrouvez La Chèvrerie des Landes sur le marché du mardi”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35222
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
Lalbenque	46	524 km SE	1,899	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lombez	32	594 km S	2,233	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
La Bégude-de-Mazenc	26	666 km SE	1,779	61.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Perreux	42	511 km SE	2,111	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tholonet	13	780 km SE	2,391	67.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil	43	578 km SE	2,019	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Perreux	42	511 km SE	2,111	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Lalbenque	46	524 km SE	1,899	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil	43	578 km SE	2,019	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Lombez	32	594 km S	2,233	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
La Bégude-de-Mazenc	26	666 km SE	1,779	61.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Tholonet	13	780 km SE	2,391	67.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · 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 Pleine-Fougères'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
Cassel	59	385 km NE	2,198	63.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Picauville	50	95 km N	3,228	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Tourouvre au Perche	61	163 km E	2,955	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Écouves	61	123 km E	1,663	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	111 km SW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faouët	56	153 km W	2,814	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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