Plélan-le-Grand
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plélan-le-Grand (INSEE 35223) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Brocéliande Communauté. Population 4,076 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/35223-plelan-le-grand
Vitality score
Vitality score 61.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 5,537 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 | 0.78 | 20 | 15.5 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.52 | 10 | 5.24 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.46 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETIT FOUR ENTRAMMAIS · MAISON GUICHARD). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES HAUTS PRES · BARRE A VIANDE). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP · LA TABLE DE L ARGOAT · PROXI). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (PLELANDIS). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DES DILIGENCES · ATELIER DE DARIA · LES BOUCANIERS · D'LICE PIZZA). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE PLELANAIS · LE TEN CLUB · TY KALON). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL LES MAINS VERTES). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PIERRE POURPREE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE DE L'HERMINE). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRENDAN CORNEC, MÉDECIN · MAGUY FRIN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CHASSAING, MÉDECIN · MONIA NOURI, MÉDECIN · AGNES BANATRE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PERCHAIS CHEVALLIER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (BROCÉLIANDE COMMUNAUTÉ · MEDIATHEQUE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA L'HERMINE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF 2). [3]
2 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLELAN LE GRAND). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (COIFFEUR & COMPAGNIE · A CHACUN SON STYLE BY DELPHINE · GOURIOU). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DES BRUYÈRES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | AU PETIT FOUR ENTRAMMAIS · MAISON GUICHARD | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | LES HAUTS PRES · BARRE A VIANDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | BIOCOOP · LA TABLE DE L ARGOAT · PROXI | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | PLELANDIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | LE RELAIS DES DILIGENCES · ATELIER DE DARIA · LES BOUCANIERS · D'LICE PIZZA | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE PLELANAIS · LE TEN CLUB · TY KALON | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL LES MAINS VERTES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PIERRE POURPREE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE DE L'HERMINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | BRENDAN CORNEC, MÉDECIN · MAGUY FRIN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CHASSAING, MÉDECIN · MONIA NOURI, MÉDECIN · AGNES BANATRE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE PERCHAIS CHEVALLIER | 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 | 2 | BROCÉLIANDE COMMUNAUTÉ · MEDIATHEQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA L'HERMINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF 2 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLELAN LE GRAND | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | COIFFEUR & COMPAGNIE · A CHACUN SON STYLE BY DELPHINE · GOURIOU | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL DES BRUYÈRES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,611 (2012) → 4,076 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,566 (1990) → 4,076 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,051, of which 5.4 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plélan-le-Grand): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plélan-le-Grand): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Plélan-le-Grand): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Plélan-le-Grand): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Plélan-le-Grand): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MONTERFIL weather station, 9.7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 138 m. [9]
The village sits 50 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 9.7 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. [9]
That station sits 50 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 903 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PLELAN-LE-GRAND, 0.3 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
266 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 174,500 € — 1,778 € per m² of built surface. [10]
23 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 108,950 € — 2,150 € per m². [10]
The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35223/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35223/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35223/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35223/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35223
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramon | 30 | 695 km SE | 4,081 | 51.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 % |
| Val d'Oingt | 69 | 557 km E | 4,117 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Mées | 04 | 763 km SE | 4,099 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 11 | 661 km SE | 4,079 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Châtre | 36 | 346 km SE | 4,037 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan | 41 | 278 km E | 4,236 | 50.5 | Partly served | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan | 41 | 278 km E | 4,236 | 50.5 | Partly served | no figures |
| La Châtre | 36 | 346 km SE | 4,037 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Val d'Oingt | 69 | 557 km E | 4,117 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 11 | 661 km SE | 4,079 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aramon | 30 | 695 km SE | 4,081 | 51.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 % |
| Les Mées | 04 | 763 km SE | 4,099 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Plélan-le-Grand'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 61 | 204 km E | 3,898 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moreuil | 80 | 388 km NE | 3,936 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romillé | 35 | 28 km NE | 4,189 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 76 | 321 km NE | 3,642 | 56.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaintel | 22 | 70 km NW | 4,602 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guise | 02 | 468 km NE | 4,490 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35223-plelan-le-grand