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Saint-Uniac

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35320

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

Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Uniac (INSEE 35320) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 513 (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/35320-saint-uniac

Vitality score

Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,710 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 food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.99109.91
Housing mix0.9754.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 236 peak 2017: 537 2023: 513 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 515 (2012) → 513 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 344 (1990) → 513 (2023): 49.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 211, of which 1.4 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km N (Montauban-de-Bretagne)Food shop — 2.5 km N (Montauban-de-Bretagne)GP — 2.7 km N (Montauban-de-Bretagne)Pharmacy — 2.7 km N (Montauban-de-Bretagne)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NFood shop — 2.5 km NGP — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.7 km N 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 (Montauban-de-Bretagne): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montauban-de-Bretagne): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Montauban-de-Bretagne): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montauban-de-Bretagne): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Uniac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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, 12.7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 68 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 12.7 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. [10]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BOISGERVILLY, 2.9 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

30 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 200,000 € — 1,734 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35320/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35320/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35320/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35320/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35184
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35320
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Monchy-Breton62408 km NE51232.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Hermaville62411 km NE52928.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sémeries59489 km NE52028.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Quelmes62414 km NE52928.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Clermont-le-Fort31589 km SE53132.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Clémery54610 km E49132.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Monchy-Breton62408 km NE51232.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Hermaville62411 km NE52928.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Quelmes62414 km NE52928.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Sémeries59489 km NE52028.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Clermont-le-Fort31589 km SE53132.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Clémery54610 km E49132.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · 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-Uniac'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
Hermaville62411 km NE52928.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sémeries59489 km NE52028.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Oroër60341 km NE53727.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bouillancourt-en-Séry80332 km NE54028.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Alvimare76251 km NE58428.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Hémévillers60373 km NE46330.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %