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Saint-Onen-la-Chapelle

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35302

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Onen-la-Chapelle (INSEE 35302) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 1,126 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35302-saint-onen-la-chapelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 43 % of the 13,627 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MAROT). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE ST'O). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BEER KONG). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-ONEN-LA-CHAPELLE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COUDRON LAURENN). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'ADRESSE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON MAROTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LE ST'OINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar1BEER KONGINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-ONEN-LA-CHAPELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COUDRON LAURENNINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1L'ADRESSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 803 peak 2012: 1,157 2023: 1,126 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,157 (2012) → 1,126 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 713 (1990) → 1,126 (2023): 57.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 469, of which 0.6 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.1 km N (Saint-Méen-le-Grand)Food shop — 1.1 km N (Saint-Méen-le-Grand)Pharmacy — 1.9 km NW (Saint-Méen-le-Grand)Primary school — 2.2 km NW (Saint-Méen-le-Grand)GP — 9.5 km E (Montauban-de-Bretagne)
Bakery — 1.1 km NFood shop — 1.1 km NPharmacy — 1.9 km NWPrimary school — 2.2 km NWGP — 9.5 km E 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-Méen-le-Grand): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Méen-le-Grand): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Montauban-de-Bretagne): 9.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Méen-le-Grand): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Méen-le-Grand): 2.2 km to the north-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 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, 18.1 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 100 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 18.1 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, 8.1 km away at 84 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35302/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35302/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35302/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35302/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35297
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35184
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Épreville76252 km NE1,08436.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 65 %
Sevrey71551 km E1,20134.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Itancourt02442 km NE99942Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Poligné3549 km SE1,26139.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Fournès30704 km SE1,04738.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %
Vimory45362 km E1,09933Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Poligné3549 km SE1,26139.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Épreville76252 km NE1,08436.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 65 %
Vimory45362 km E1,09933Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Itancourt02442 km NE99942Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sevrey71551 km E1,20134.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Fournès30704 km SE1,04738.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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-Onen-la-Chapelle'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
Itancourt02442 km NE99942Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Billy-sur-Aisne02428 km E1,13025.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien76284 km NE1,10132.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Acq62425 km NE78347.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Fontenay-sur-Eure28266 km E1,20643.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ymare76278 km NE1,24534.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %