Saint-Gilles

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35275

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gilles (INSEE 35275) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 5,576 (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/35275-saint-gilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 4,240 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	0.36	25	8.95
Social	0.58	20	11.57
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.54	10	5.43
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (VERDYS · BOIS PAIN METAL · C-PATISSERIE C-FORMATION C-CONSEIL · LE GRENIER A PAIN SAINT GILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE D'OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (ARRIBA PIZZA · LA FLORENTINE · RESTAURANTS ET SERVICES D'AUTOROUTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA TIENDA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBL JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE LE CARFF, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE ROMAGNY, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LE HOUEROU, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MALLARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE PAVY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT GILLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MILLE ET UNE TETES · FA SI LA COIFFER · F'ANNE DE STYLE · MANUELLA GEFFRAY). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	VERDYS · BOIS PAIN METAL · C-PATISSERIE C-FORMATION C-CONSEIL · LE GRENIER A PAIN SAINT GILLES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE D'OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	ARRIBA PIZZA · LA FLORENTINE · RESTAURANTS ET SERVICES D'AUTOROUTES	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA TIENDA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBL JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	PIERRE LE CARFF, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE ROMAGNY, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LE HOUEROU, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MALLARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE PAVY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT GILLES	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE · CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MILLE ET UNE TETES · FA SI LA COIFFER · F'ANNE DE STYLE · MANUELLA GEFFRAY	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,137 2023: 5,576 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,848 (2012) → 5,576 (2023): 44.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,059 (1990) → 5,576 (2023): 82.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,473, of which 0.9 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Saint-Gilles): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gilles): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gilles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 5.9 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 5.9 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 5.9 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35275/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35275/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35275/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35275/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35275
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
Saint-Mars-du-Désert	44	93 km S	5,523	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferrière	85	165 km S	5,454	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gan	64	559 km S	5,676	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Mazé-Milon	49	140 km SE	5,761	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Barp	33	403 km S	5,806	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Jonquières	84	686 km SE	5,201	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mars-du-Désert	44	93 km S	5,523	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mazé-Milon	49	140 km SE	5,761	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferrière	85	165 km S	5,454	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Barp	33	403 km S	5,806	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Gan	64	559 km S	5,676	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Jonquières	84	686 km SE	5,201	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · 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-Gilles'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
La Ferrière	85	165 km S	5,454	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Thue et Mue	14	152 km NE	6,182	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	35	7.6 km E	4,738	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Combourg	35	29 km N	6,411	65.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Bouëxière	35	29 km E	4,667	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bégard	22	121 km NW	4,889	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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