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Saint-Pern

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35307

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pern (INSEE 35307) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 966 (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/35307-saint-pern

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,517 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.86108.61
Housing mix0.9154.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS DU PRESSOIR). [3]

2 × Restaurant (SARL LA FONTAINE SAINT LUNAIRE · L'ASSIETTE DANS LE JARDIN). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PERN AP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LES MOTS PASSANTS). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1SAS DU PRESSOIRINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Restaurant2SARL LA FONTAINE SAINT LUNAIRE · L'ASSIETTE DANS LE JARDININSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1SAINT PERN APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE LES MOTS PASSANTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 865 peak 2017: 1,033 2023: 966 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 994 (2012) → 966 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 710 (1990) → 966 (2023): 36.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 4.4 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.7 km NW (Plouasne)Bakery — 2.0 km NW (Plouasne)Pharmacy — 2.0 km NW (Plouasne)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.7 km NWBakery — 2.0 km NWPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Plouasne): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pern): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Plouasne): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Plouasne): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Pern): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35307/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35307/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35307/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35307/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22208
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35307

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
Baldenheim67705 km E1,25431.7Few servicesno figures
La Devise17265 km S1,18334.8Few servicesno figures
Domazan30704 km SE96037.5Few servicesno figures
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche21535 km E92748.4Partly servedno figures
Vion07627 km SE92347.1Partly servedno figures
Langensoultzbach67718 km E90430.6Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Devise17265 km S1,18334.8Few servicesno figures
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche21535 km E92748.4Partly servedno figures
Vion07627 km SE92347.1Partly servedno figures
Domazan30704 km SE96037.5Few servicesno figures
Baldenheim67705 km E1,25431.7Few servicesno figures
Langensoultzbach67718 km E90430.6Few servicesno figures

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