Sens-de-Bretagne

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Val d'Ille-Aubigné · INSEE 35326

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

Partly served 59.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sens-de-Bretagne (INSEE 35326) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Val d'Ille-Aubigné. Population 2,592 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35326-sens-de-bretagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 8,031 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE SENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SAUVEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA TOURELLE · NO LIMIT · CREPERIE PIZZERIA GRILL LES AJONCS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT LONGCHAMPS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JEAN BOSCO). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE GANCHE, MÉDECIN · AURORE FARHI, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE GILL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMASENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL D'ILLE ET VILAINE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ANNIE COIFFURE · DUCHESNE ROSELYNE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE SENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SAUVEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	AUBERGE DE LA TOURELLE · NO LIMIT · CREPERIE PIZZERIA GRILL LES AJONCS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT LONGCHAMPS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JEAN BOSCO	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	AURELIE GANCHE, MÉDECIN · AURORE FARHI, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE GILL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMASENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	ANNIE COIFFURE · DUCHESNE ROSELYNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday après-midi. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,409 2023: 2,592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,582 (2012) → 2,592 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,393 (1990) → 2,592 (2023): 86.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,119, of which 2.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sens-de-Bretagne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sens-de-Bretagne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sens-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sens-de-Bretagne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sens-de-Bretagne): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.7

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FEINS SA weather station, 4.6 km away at 87 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FEINS SA, 4.6 km away at 87 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FEINS SA, 4.6 km away at 87 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35326/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.sens-de-bretagne.fr/ma-ville/decouvrir/marche/— “Tous les lundis après-midi, sur le marché de Sens-de-Bretagne”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35326/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35326/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35326/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35326
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-Domineuc	35	26 km W	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures
Calmont	31	613 km SE	2,494	54.2	Partly served	no figures
Peaugres	07	585 km SE	2,385	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lagrave	81	563 km SE	2,305	62.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
La Planche	44	147 km S	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	126 km SW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Domineuc	35	26 km W	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	126 km SW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Planche	44	147 km S	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lagrave	81	563 km SE	2,305	62.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Peaugres	07	585 km SE	2,385	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Calmont	31	613 km SE	2,494	54.2	Partly served	no figures

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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 Sens-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
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	126 km SW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Esquelbecq	59	402 km NE	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sizun	29	188 km W	2,325	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	14	130 km NE	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Hébert	50	98 km N	1,897	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Arelaune-en-Seine	76	212 km NE	2,546	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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