Mesnil-Roc'h
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mesnil-Roc'h (INSEE 35308) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Romantique. Population 4,492 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 2 former communes: Lanhélin (35147), Tressé (35344). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35308-mesnil-roc-h
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 42 % of the 5,098 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL ROMANTIQUE). [4,5]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HALLES DIS · NALOU DESTOCK). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [4,5]
6 × Restaurant (COCOTTE CASSEGRAINE · LE CINQ). [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES VOYAGEURS · L'INDIAN'S). [5]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIO RAMOS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FANNY DUFEIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE TRESSE). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLÉLIE BOUTELIER, MÉDECIN · GWENAEL DESPRES, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LORET, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ST PIERRE). [4,5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LANHELIN RP · LA POSTE). [4]
2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LANHÉLIN · ESPACE-CULTUREL SIMONE VEIL). [4]
5 × Hairdresser (INSTANT C · TRESSE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE MORGANE). [4,5]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL ROMANTIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | HALLES DIS · NALOU DESTOCK | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | COCOTTE CASSEGRAINE · LE CINQ | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE DES VOYAGEURS · L'INDIAN'S | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIO RAMOS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FANNY DUFEIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE TRESSE | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | CLÉLIE BOUTELIER, MÉDECIN · GWENAEL DESPRES, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LORET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE ST PIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LANHELIN RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 2 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LANHÉLIN · ESPACE-CULTUREL SIMONE VEIL | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | INSTANT C · TRESSE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE MORGANE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 8h30 à 12h30 place de la Mairie à Saint-Pierre-de-Plesguen. [6]
Trajectory
Population 4,047 (2012) → 4,492 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 2,960 (1990) → 4,492 (2023): 51.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,190, of which 6.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plesder): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Mesnil-Roc'h): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
GP (Mesnil-Roc'h): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Mesnil-Roc'h): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Mesnil-Roc'h): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 17.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 83 m. [12]
The village sits 64 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 17.5 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. [12]
That station sits 64 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at PLESDER, 4.5 km away at 56 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
322 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 188,075 € — 1,693 € per m² of built surface. [13]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 67,230 € — 1,265 € per m². [13]
The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35308/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://mesnilroch.bzh/mon_quotidien/les-marches/— “Le marché se tient chaque vendredi, de 8h30 à 12h30 sur la place de la Mairie à Saint-Pierre-de-Plesguen.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35308/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35308/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35308/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35225
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35308
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quessoy | 22 | 55 km W | 3,969 | 47.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champniers | 16 | 344 km SE | 5,281 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières | 28 | 238 km E | 5,607 | 47.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argentonnay | 79 | 196 km SE | 3,234 | 33.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Miniac-Morvan | 35 | 7.7 km N | 4,408 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valence-en-Poitou | 86 | 286 km SE | 4,325 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miniac-Morvan | 35 | 7.7 km N | 4,408 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quessoy | 22 | 55 km W | 3,969 | 47.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Argentonnay | 79 | 196 km SE | 3,234 | 33.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières | 28 | 238 km E | 5,607 | 47.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valence-en-Poitou | 86 | 286 km SE | 4,325 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champniers | 16 | 344 km SE | 5,281 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Mesnil-Roc'h'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miniac-Morvan | 35 | 7.7 km N | 4,408 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 58 km SW | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy | 56 | 96 km SW | 4,632 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Picauville | 50 | 110 km N | 3,228 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val-Couesnon | 35 | 32 km E | 4,072 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cassel | 59 | 411 km NE | 2,198 | 63.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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