Saint-M'Hervé

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35300

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-M'Hervé (INSEE 35300) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 1,354 (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/35300-saint-m-herve

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 12,337 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.84
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL LA CAMPAGNARDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BELLE ETOILE · LA P'TITE HERMINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS LE DRICUS'BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUDOVIC JOULAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT M HERVE RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYLE ZEN COIFFURE · RICHEUX ANNE-GAELLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EURL LA CAMPAGNARDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA BELLE ETOILE · LA P'TITE HERMINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES SPORTS LE DRICUS'BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LUDOVIC JOULAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 M HERVE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	STYLE ZEN COIFFURE · RICHEUX ANNE-GAELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 1,217 peak 2012: 1,373 2023: 1,354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,373 (2012) → 1,354 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,144 (1990) → 1,354 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 617, of which 2.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.6 km SFood shop — 6.0 km NWPharmacy — 6.0 km NW 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-M'Hervé): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-M'Hervé): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Vendelais): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-M'Hervé): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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. ^[10]

Measured at the FOUGERES weather station, 19 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[10]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ERBREE, 8.9 km away at 120 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 — 35300/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35300/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35300/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35300/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35072
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
Cormoranche-sur-Saône	01	498 km SE	1,179	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	67 km SW	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Bailleau-l'Évêque	28	189 km E	1,175	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Theizé	69	500 km SE	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 55 %
Luant	36	258 km SE	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Courzieu	69	509 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	67 km SW	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Bailleau-l'Évêque	28	189 km E	1,175	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Luant	36	258 km SE	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Cormoranche-sur-Saône	01	498 km SE	1,179	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Theizé	69	500 km SE	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 55 %
Courzieu	69	509 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %

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