Le Sel-de-Bretagne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Sel-de-Bretagne (INSEE 35322) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté. Population 1,117 (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/35322-le-sel-de-bretagne
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 13,675 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.88 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATASEL). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (L'HIPPOCAMPE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MATHURIN MEHEUT). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE PILARD, MÉDECIN · HELENE GUIHO, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE CHISLOUP, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LE SEL DE BRETAGNE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | PATASEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 2 | L'HIPPOCAMPE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MATHURIN MEHEUT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | CHRISTINE PILARD, MÉDECIN · HELENE GUIHO, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE CHISLOUP, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | 1 | LE SEL DE BRETAGNE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 1 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 951 (2012) → 1,117 (2023): 17.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 501 (1990) → 1,117 (2023): 123 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Sel-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saulnières): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Sel-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Crevin): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Sel-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA-NOE-BLANCHE weather station, 17.4 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LA-NOE-BLANCHE, 17.4 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PANCE, 2.7 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
82 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 196,010 € — 1,845 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35322/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35322/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35322/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35322/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35322
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35321
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35090
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Verger | 35 | 31 km NW | 1,389 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jussy | 02 | 409 km NE | 1,153 | 36.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quevauvillers | 80 | 345 km NE | 1,102 | 41.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 65 % |
| Dugny-sur-Meuse | 55 | 533 km E | 1,240 | 30.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 39 % |
| Bâgé-le-Châtel | 01 | 525 km E | 971 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 % |
| Boulzicourt | 08 | 503 km NE | 966 | 42.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Verger | 35 | 31 km NW | 1,389 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quevauvillers | 80 | 345 km NE | 1,102 | 41.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 65 % |
| Jussy | 02 | 409 km NE | 1,153 | 36.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boulzicourt | 08 | 503 km NE | 966 | 42.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bâgé-le-Châtel | 01 | 525 km E | 971 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 % |
| Dugny-sur-Meuse | 55 | 533 km E | 1,240 | 30.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 39 % |
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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 Le Sel-de-Bretagne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grainville-la-Teinturière | 76 | 264 km NE | 1,048 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville | 76 | 256 km NE | 1,515 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Yainville | 76 | 249 km NE | 1,031 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pancé | 35 | 4.3 km W | 1,159 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Boissière-des-Landes | 85 | 148 km S | 1,464 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bobital | 22 | 68 km NW | 1,170 | 30.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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