Rives-du-Couesnon

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Fougères Agglomération · INSEE 35282

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

Partly served 55/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rives-du-Couesnon (INSEE 35282) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 2,927 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Saint-Georges-de-Chesné (35269), Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon (35293), Vendel (35348). ^[3]

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/35282-rives-du-couesnon

Vitality score

Vitality score 55/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 7,267 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.15
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BON COMME DU BON PAIN · BOULANGERIE LENE). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SAINT GEORGES). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU COUESNON · LA FABRIQUE A PIZZA · AUBERGE DU COUESNON). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (AUX DELICES DE ST JEAN). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GEORGES DE CHESNE RP). ^[4]

4 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT GEORGES DE CHESNÉ · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE VENDEL · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT JEAN SUR COUESNON · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT MARC SUR COUESNON). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT GEORGES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT JEAN). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[5,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BON COMME DU BON PAIN · BOULANGERIE LENE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE SAINT GEORGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	LE RELAIS DU COUESNON · LA FABRIQUE A PIZZA · AUBERGE DU COUESNON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	AUX DELICES DE ST JEAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT GEORGES DE CHESNE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	4	MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT GEORGES DE CHESNÉ · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE VENDEL · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT JEAN SUR COUESNON · MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SAINT MARC SUR COUESNON	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT GEORGES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT JEAN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,038 2023: 2,927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,708 (2012) → 2,927 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,838 (1990) → 2,927 (2023): 59.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,320, of which 3.4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 3.9 km SWGP — 3.9 km SWPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Rives-du-Couesnon): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rives-du-Couesnon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 12.7 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 17.3 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 894 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-AUBIN-DU-C., 4.1 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35282/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35282/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35282/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35282/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35282
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35253
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
Valencisse	41	208 km E	2,324	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Foy	85	195 km S	2,717	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montréverd	85	151 km S	3,857	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	219 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boivre-la-Vallée	86	221 km SE	3,024	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Vay	44	86 km S	2,120	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vay	44	86 km S	2,120	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %
Montréverd	85	151 km S	3,857	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %
Sainte-Foy	85	195 km S	2,717	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Valencisse	41	208 km E	2,324	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	219 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boivre-la-Vallée	86	221 km SE	3,024	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Rives-du-Couesnon'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
Sainte-Foy	85	195 km S	2,717	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Pédernec	22	144 km W	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais	44	140 km S	2,396	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plougonven	29	175 km W	3,382	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hénon	22	98 km W	2,310	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Les Portes du Coglais	35	18 km N	2,208	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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