Le Vivier-sur-Mer

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel · INSEE 35361

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

Few services 34.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vivier-sur-Mer (INSEE 35361) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 1,065 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35361-le-vivier-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 13,949 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.52
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.45

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DU VIVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DU VIVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (EMERAUDE COQUILLAGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU BOUCHOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (EXCELL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (L'EVEIL DES SENS · LE BRETAGNE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU VIVIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DU VIVIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	EMERAUDE COQUILLAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AU BOUCHOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA POSTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	EXCELL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	L'EVEIL DES SENS · LE BRETAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 793 2023: 1,065 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,029 (2012) → 1,065 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,012 (1990) → 1,065 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 639, of which 15.5 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.5 km WPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Le Vivier-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Vivier-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hirel): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Fresnais): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Vivier-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 6.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 6.7 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHERRUEIX, 5.9 km away at 8 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 — 35361/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/38/1a22d67d-3ad5-34ef-b439-fbaec512b97b— “Marché au Vivier-sur-Mer”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35361/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35361/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35361/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35116
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-Dyé-sur-Loire	41	264 km E	1,153	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	184 km SE	1,128	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marsanne	26	671 km SE	1,246	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente	17	302 km S	1,210	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Suliac	35	15 km W	1,018	45	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Mornac-sur-Seudre	17	327 km S	877	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Suliac	35	15 km W	1,018	45	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	184 km SE	1,128	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire	41	264 km E	1,153	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente	17	302 km S	1,210	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Mornac-sur-Seudre	17	327 km S	877	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Marsanne	26	671 km SE	1,246	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · 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 Le Vivier-sur-Mer'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
Condé-Folie	80	316 km NE	865	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	40 km S	1,017	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Trédion	56	109 km SW	1,400	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tronchet	35	14 km S	1,202	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné	35	47 km SE	1,286	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Chaussée	35	37 km S	1,298	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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