Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35315

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt (INSEE 35315) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 1,580 (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/35315-saint-sulpice-la-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 11,240 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.98	10	9.85
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

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 1 of 4

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

1 × Restaurant (KRAZ-Y-MICK). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAIRE MAILLET, MÉDECIN · PAULINE HAMON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT SULPICE LA FORÊT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	KRAZ-Y-MICK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CLAIRE MAILLET, MÉDECIN · PAULINE HAMON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT SULPICE LA FORÊT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 325 2023: 1,580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,427 (2012) → 1,580 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,064 (1990) → 1,580 (2023): 48.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 623, of which 0.6 % second homes and 1.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 2.9 km NEBakery — 3.9 km WPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Chevaigné): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chasné-sur-Illet): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 40.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FEINS weather station, 11.2 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 12.1 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MELESSE, 6.7 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35315/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35315/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35315/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35315/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35315
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35251
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
Saint-Urbain	29	197 km W	1,670	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Bouvignies	59	428 km NE	1,580	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jans-Cappel	59	420 km NE	1,598	47.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Grenay	38	580 km SE	1,628	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mouchin	59	436 km NE	1,491	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brandérion	56	129 km W	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brandérion	56	129 km W	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	197 km W	1,670	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jans-Cappel	59	420 km NE	1,598	47.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bouvignies	59	428 km NE	1,580	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mouchin	59	436 km NE	1,491	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grenay	38	580 km SE	1,628	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · 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 Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt'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
Bouvignies	59	428 km NE	1,580	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mouchin	59	436 km NE	1,491	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mouazé	35	2.6 km NW	1,712	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haussy	59	429 km NE	1,451	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Phaye	28	234 km E	1,452	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup	35	28 km S	1,912	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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