Saint-Armel

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35250

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

Partly served 43.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Armel (INSEE 35250) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 2,433 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35250-saint-armel

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 8,396 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MARTIN JS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A COTE LES HALLES DE SAINT ARMEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL AUBERGE SAINT ARMEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BOSCHAUX). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROSENN LE NABASQUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ARMEL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE LE CHAT'PITRE). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (IZABEL COIFFURE · ARMELIGNE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MARTIN JS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	A COTE LES HALLES DE SAINT ARMEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SARL AUBERGE SAINT ARMEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BOSCHAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ROSENN LE NABASQUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SAINT ARMEL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE LE CHAT'PITRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	IZABEL COIFFURE · ARMELIGNE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 716 2023: 2,433 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,876 (2012) → 2,433 (2023): 29.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,290 (1990) → 2,433 (2023): 88.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,102, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.8 km SPharmacy — 2.6 km SW 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 (Saint-Armel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Armel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Armel): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourgbarré): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Armel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 29.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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

Measured at the RENNES-ST JACQUES weather station, 12.1 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RENNES-ST JACQUES, 12.1 km away at 36 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CORPS-NUDS, 5.1 km away at 40 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 — 35250/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35250/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35250/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35250/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35032
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
Luzinay	38	567 km SE	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Porcelette	57	620 km E	2,397	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mathurin	85	161 km S	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Belgentier	83	793 km SE	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	342 km S	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	84 km SE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	84 km SE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathurin	85	161 km S	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	342 km S	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Luzinay	38	567 km SE	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Porcelette	57	620 km E	2,397	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Belgentier	83	793 km SE	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · 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 Saint-Armel'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
Saint-Mathurin	85	161 km S	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	84 km SE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons	44	103 km S	2,422	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	85	149 km S	2,421	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bais	35	23 km E	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Entrammes	53	65 km E	2,294	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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