Saint-Marcan

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35291

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marcan (INSEE 35291) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 431 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35291-saint-marcan

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,920 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.75
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.8

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE ST MARCAN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LE BALCON DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 [3,4]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE ST MARCAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LE BALCON DE LA BAIE	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: 544 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 431 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 431 (2023): 7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 22 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km WFood shop — 1.8 km WGP — 1.8 km WPharmacy — 7.9 km SE 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-Broladre): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Broladre): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Broladre): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pleine-Fougères): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Marcan): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.3

Days at or below 0 °C 38

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GEORGES weather station, 7.2 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 8.4 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHERRUEIX, 4.9 km away at 8 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 — 35291/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35291/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35291/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35291/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35291
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
Bourdonné	78	243 km E	506	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Colombe	33	429 km S	423	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand	23	410 km SE	449	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel	63	459 km SE	450	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque	27	177 km NE	436	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucens	65	636 km S	413	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque	27	177 km NE	436	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Bourdonné	78	243 km E	506	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand	23	410 km SE	449	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Colombe	33	429 km S	423	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel	63	459 km SE	450	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucens	65	636 km S	413	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %

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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-Marcan'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
Le Neufbourg	50	51 km E	397	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cormier	27	220 km E	361	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Grand-Laviers	80	301 km NE	465	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sailly-Laurette	80	341 km NE	333	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Giverville	27	175 km NE	381	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sains	35	5.3 km SE	468	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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