Saint-Germain-du-Pinel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35272

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-du-Pinel (INSEE 35272) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 1,018 (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 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 14,205 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA PLANET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DU-PINEL L'ILOT LIVRES). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (INSTANT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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]
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	PIZZA PLANET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DU-PINEL L'ILOT LIVRES	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	1	INSTANT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 620 2023: 1,018 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 880 (2012) → 1,018 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 629 (1990) → 1,018 (2023): 61.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km WFood shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 5.4 km NPharmacy — 5.6 km N 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 (Domalain): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moutiers): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argentré-du-Plessis): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argentré-du-Plessis): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Pinel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 13.4 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 13.4 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRIELLES, 5.8 km away at 91 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 — 35272/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35272/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35272/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35272/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35272
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
Pajay	38	564 km SE	1,036	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Arceau	21	481 km E	980	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Houtkerque	59	419 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chanoz-Châtenay	01	511 km E	989	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Aureville	31	543 km SE	1,048	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Montagnole	73	605 km SE	1,038	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Houtkerque	59	419 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Arceau	21	481 km E	980	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Chanoz-Châtenay	01	511 km E	989	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Aureville	31	543 km SE	1,048	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Pajay	38	564 km SE	1,036	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Montagnole	73	605 km SE	1,038	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · 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 Saint-Germain-du-Pinel'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
Houtkerque	59	419 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rebreuve-Ranchicourt	62	382 km NE	1,071	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	13 km NW	917	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rubrouck	59	405 km NE	899	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Carné	22	80 km NW	1,167	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Missiriac	56	90 km W	1,195	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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