Saint-Malon-sur-Mel

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35290

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

Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Malon-sur-Mel (INSEE 35290) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 618 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,888 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.88	10	8.83
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SB FC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE FINE DE FLEUR ANGELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA MARETTE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MALON SUR MEL LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (FEE DES COUPES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA MARETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	SB FC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE FINE DE FLEUR ANGELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA MARETTE	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 MALON SUR MEL LPR RP	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	1	FEE DES COUPES	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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA MARETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 554 2023: 618 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 618 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 447 (1990) → 618 (2023): 38.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 5.1 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km EBakery — 2.3 km NWGP — 6.3 km NEPharmacy — 6.3 km NE 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-Malon-sur-Mel): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Malon-sur-Mel): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Iffendic): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Iffendic): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Malon-sur-Mel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.8

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTERFIL weather station, 8.3 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 8.3 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLERUAIS, 2.6 km away at 84 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35290/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35290/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35290/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35290/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35133
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
Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly	50	118 km NE	637	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Soumans	23	388 km SE	611	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Fossemagne	24	405 km SE	556	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Cuguen	35	51 km NE	828	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-de-Noisné	79	226 km SE	684	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Beaumarchés	32	529 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuguen	35	51 km NE	828	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly	50	118 km NE	637	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-de-Noisné	79	226 km SE	684	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Soumans	23	388 km SE	611	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Fossemagne	24	405 km SE	556	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Beaumarchés	32	529 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %

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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-Malon-sur-Mel'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
Cuguen	35	51 km NE	828	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pas	53	110 km E	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	92 km NE	957	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ellier-du-Maine	53	85 km NE	508	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bourgon	53	77 km E	616	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montaillé	72	209 km E	516	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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