Le Rheu

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35240

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

Served 66.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Rheu (INSEE 35240) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 9,839 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/35240-le-rheu

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 87 % of the 2,502 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.91	20	18.12
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.86
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GRENIER A PAIN LE RHEU · MAISON LAMAGNERE · LA FABRIC'A P1). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (EXPAN LE RHEU · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (PATY). ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (SOCIETE DU BOIS BRIAND · LA P TITE CREPERIE · LE FEU DE BOIS · FUN PIZZA · AUBERGE DE LA TABLE RONDE). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (TY GWEN · SMOK I'LE D'APIGNE). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA GABILLAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LE CLOS JOURY). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MOIGNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA GABILLAIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE CLOS JOURY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES BRASSENS). ^[3]

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VIRGINIE SAULEAU-BALAT, MÉDECIN · CELINE GARNIER, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BRIAND-LAZAR, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE FONTAINE, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE BRUNEAU-CHARIL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES GENETS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'AUTRE LIEU). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF AVENUE DE LA BOUVARDIERE · LYCEE AGRICOLE DU RHEU). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU RHEU · BANQUE CIC OUEST). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (CARRESENS · FA SI LA COIFFER · PHIL'HARMONIE · ASTUCE COIFFURE · STUDIO 7 SALON). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE CHÂTEAU D'APIGNÉ · PREMIERE CLASSE RENNES OUEST). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LE GRENIER A PAIN LE RHEU · MAISON LAMAGNERE · LA FABRIC'A P1	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AUKASION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	EXPAN LE RHEU · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	PATY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	17	SOCIETE DU BOIS BRIAND · LA P TITE CREPERIE · LE FEU DE BOIS · FUN PIZZA · AUBERGE DE LA TABLE RONDE	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	TY GWEN · SMOK I'LE D'APIGNE	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA GABILLAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LE CLOS JOURY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MOIGNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA GABILLAIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE CLOS JOURY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GEORGES BRASSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	12	VIRGINIE SAULEAU-BALAT, MÉDECIN · CELINE GARNIER, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BRIAND-LAZAR, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE FONTAINE, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE BRUNEAU-CHARIL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES GENETS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 MUNICIPALE L'AUTRE LIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF AVENUE DE LA BOUVARDIERE · LYCEE AGRICOLE DU RHEU	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU RHEU · BANQUE CIC OUEST	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	7	CARRESENS · FA SI LA COIFFER · PHIL'HARMONIE · ASTUCE COIFFURE · STUDIO 7 SALON	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LE CHÂTEAU D'APIGNÉ · PREMIERE CLASSE RENNES OUEST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday matin place de la Mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,080 2023: 9,839 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,788 (2012) → 9,839 (2023): 26.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,027 (1990) → 9,839 (2023): 95.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,625, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.8 % 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 (Le Rheu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Rheu): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Rheu): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Rheu): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Rheu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 1.6 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 1.6 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 1.6 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

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 — 35240/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lerheu.fr/ma-ville/presentation/presentation-de-la-ville/— “Marché hebdomadaire, le samedi matin, place de la Mairie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35240/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35240/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35240/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35240
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
Pont-Audemer	27	220 km NE	10,023	64.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Léguevin	31	553 km SE	9,945	56.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	77	375 km E	10,254	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Aytré	17	225 km S	9,746	66.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Frouzins	31	564 km SE	9,805	62	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Gerzat	63	452 km SE	10,335	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pont-Audemer	27	220 km NE	10,023	64.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Aytré	17	225 km S	9,746	66.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	77	375 km E	10,254	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Gerzat	63	452 km SE	10,335	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Léguevin	31	553 km SE	9,945	56.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Frouzins	31	564 km SE	9,805	62	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Rheu'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
Albert	80	387 km NE	9,521	74.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Auchel	62	408 km NE	10,051	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Thorigny-sur-Marne	77	343 km E	10,440	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fosses	95	336 km E	10,570	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Margny-lès-Compiègne	60	369 km NE	8,677	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lillebonne	76	232 km NE	8,541	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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