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Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération · INSEE 35284

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

Served 67.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets (INSEE 35284) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération. Population 2,847 (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/35284-saint-jouan-des-guerets

Vitality score

Vitality score 67.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 7,440 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.62515.02
Social0.812016.14
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.78107.82
Housing mix0.8654.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 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 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER GOURMAND · VALOU ET NICO · GATELIER). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE JOUANNAISE). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NOUS ANTI-GASPI). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CORA). [3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE PIMONT). [4]

8 × Restaurant (BRD · LE GOURMET · PASTA&PIZZA A EMPORTER · RESTAURANT LE PETIT BOIS · COMPLETEMENT MA BOULE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA COTE D'EMERAUDE · LE ZEPH). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBERT LOSSOIS). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBL ROBERT LOSSOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE SACRE COEUR). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE GALLEE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PINEAU, MÉDECIN · PATRICK BRIEND, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VALLION). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (BIARD GISELE · TAF · ANNE-CLAIRE · AU SEIZE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

4 × Hotel (HOTEL GRIL CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE · B&B SAINT-MALO SUD · HÔTEL & SPA LA MALOUINIÈRE DES LONGCHAMPS). [3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LA BRIANTAIS · YELLOH VILLAGE CAMPING LE P'TIT BOIS). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3L'ATELIER GOURMAND · VALOU ET NICO · GATELIERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LA BOUCHERIE JOUANNAISEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2NOUS ANTI-GASPIINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket2ALDI MARCHE · CORAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)1FROMAGERIE PIMONTINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant8BRD · LE GOURMET · PASTA&PIZZA A EMPORTER · RESTAURANT LE PETIT BOIS · COMPLETEMENT MA BOULEINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar2LA COTE D'EMERAUDE · LE ZEPHINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBERT LOSSOISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBL ROBERT LOSSOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE PRIVE SACRE COEURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3ANNE GALLEE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PINEAU, MÉDECIN · PATRICK BRIEND, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU VALLIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser5BIARD GISELE · TAF · ANNE-CLAIRE · AU SEIZE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel4HOTEL GRIL CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE · B&B SAINT-MALO SUD · HÔTEL & SPA LA MALOUINIÈRE DES LONGCHAMPSINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite2CAMPING LA BRIANTAIS · YELLOH VILLAGE CAMPING LE P'TIT BOISINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,025 2023: 2,847 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,603 (2012) → 2,847 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,221 (1990) → 2,847 (2023): 28.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,516, of which 7 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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-Jouan-des-Guérets): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ST-MELOIR weather station, 5.6 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 43 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at DINARD, 7.8 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST-MELOIR, 5.6 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

What property sold for

128 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 359,487 € — 3,502 € per m² of built surface. [10]

29 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 204,000 € — 3,660 € per m². [10]

The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35284/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35284/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35284/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35284/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35284
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bourg-Argental42617 km SE2,88667.3ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cheylard07637 km SE2,80365.4ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire66764 km SE2,77956.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Chabris36309 km SE2,74060.8ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Fraize88664 km E2,84359.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Thiviers24416 km SE2,87660.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chabris36309 km SE2,74060.8ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Thiviers24416 km SE2,87660.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg-Argental42617 km SE2,88667.3ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cheylard07637 km SE2,80365.4ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Fraize88664 km E2,84359.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire66764 km SE2,77956.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Jouan-des-Guérets'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plancoët2221 km SW3,10452.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny5061 km NE3,90358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Taulé29142 km W2,91455.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lumbres62376 km NE3,57951.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Percy-en-Normandie5067 km NE2,64164.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont76272 km NE3,66547.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %