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Villamée

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Fougères Agglomération · INSEE 35357

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villamée (INSEE 35357) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Fougères Agglomération. Population 301 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/35357-villamee

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 17,841 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4104.01
Housing mix0.8954.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 470 2023: 301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 329 (2012) → 301 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 301 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 5.4 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.4 km W (Poilley)Bakery — 4.2 km SE (Parigné)Food shop — 5.4 km N (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault)Pharmacy — 5.4 km N (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault)GP — 7.1 km W (Les Portes du Coglais)
Primary school — 3.4 km WBakery — 4.2 km SEFood shop — 5.4 km NPharmacy — 5.4 km NGP — 7.1 km W 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 (Parigné): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Les Portes du Coglais): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Poilley): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT weather station, 6.8 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 142 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at LOUVIGNE-DU-DESERT, 6.8 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at FERRE(LE), 6.2 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35357/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35357/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35357/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35357/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35215
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35271
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35191
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 35230
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Curbigny71480 km SE3039.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Courboin02351 km E30414.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Toujouse32521 km S29317.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Billancelles28179 km E31016.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lagraulet-Saint-Nicolas31548 km S28417No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 96 %
Layrac-sur-Tarn31557 km SE32011.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 77 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Billancelles28179 km E31016.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Courboin02351 km E30414.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Curbigny71480 km SE3039.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Toujouse32521 km S29317.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Lagraulet-Saint-Nicolas31548 km S28417No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 96 %
Layrac-sur-Tarn31557 km SE32011.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 77 %

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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 Villamée'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
Vignats1493 km NE28415.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Litteau1480 km N27114No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Brémoy1467 km NE26216.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe61115 km E32010.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron5014 km NW32410.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lannoy-Cuillère60256 km NE27813No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %