Saint-Christophe-des-Bois

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35260

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Christophe-des-Bois (INSEE 35260) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 566 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,371 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.12
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PANIER DES BOIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CHRISTOPHE DES BOIS AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PANIER DES BOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 CHRISTOPHE DES BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 473 peak 2017: 574 2023: 566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 561 (2012) → 566 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 467 (1990) → 566 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 1.5 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km WFood shop — 4.4 km SGP — 5.0 km EPharmacy — 5.7 km E 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 (Mecé): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Taillis): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Christophe-des-Bois): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 12.5 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 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. ^[12]

An average of 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE, 0 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35330
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35260
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
Brancourt-le-Grand	02	389 km NE	554	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 58 %
Élincourt	59	392 km NE	606	30.2	Few services	no figures
Prémontré	02	371 km NE	594	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Arronville	95	269 km NE	618	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Maurupt-le-Montois	51	453 km E	511	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 73 %
Esnes	59	392 km NE	656	27.3	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arronville	95	269 km NE	618	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Prémontré	02	371 km NE	594	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Brancourt-le-Grand	02	389 km NE	554	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 58 %
Esnes	59	392 km NE	656	27.3	Few services	no figures
Élincourt	59	392 km NE	606	30.2	Few services	no figures
Maurupt-le-Montois	51	453 km E	511	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 73 %

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Elsewhere

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