Ambon

Morbihan · CC Arc Sud Bretagne · INSEE 56002

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

Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambon (INSEE 56002) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Arc Sud Bretagne. Population 2,101 (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/56002-ambon

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 89 % of the 9,276 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	0.94	20	18.88
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.48	10	4.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.2	5	1.02

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (MAISON FISCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (N.L.R). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (KER KILHOG · PIZZA RHUYS · LE B'DUME · LE FOURNIL · ENTRE NOUS). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (BARBAK · L'EQUINOXE · L'AMBON POINT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L AVOCETTE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EGLANTINE NEVE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE LEROUX, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD CHAMPENOIS, MÉDECIN · MARLÈNE BOURLY, MÉDECIN · ERIC GUERBER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AMBON AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Bank (AGENCE MUZILLAC AMBON). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ENVIE D'HAIR · LETELLIER FLORE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

15 × Campsite (CAMPING D'ARVOR · CAMPING LE KERMADEC · CAMPING LA TOUR · CAMPING CROMENACH 2 · CAMPING DES PEUPLIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 5 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON FISCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	N.L.R	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	KER KILHOG · PIZZA RHUYS · LE B'DUME · LE FOURNIL · ENTRE NOUS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	BARBAK · L'EQUINOXE · L'AMBON POINT	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L AVOCETTE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	EGLANTINE NEVE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE LEROUX, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD CHAMPENOIS, MÉDECIN · MARLÈNE BOURLY, MÉDECIN · ERIC GUERBER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [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	AMBON 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	AGENCE MUZILLAC AMBON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ENVIE D'HAIR · LETELLIER FLORE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	15	CAMPING D'ARVOR · CAMPING LE KERMADEC · CAMPING LA TOUR · CAMPING CROMENACH 2 · CAMPING DES PEUPLIERS	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,008 2023: 2,101 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,767 (2012) → 2,101 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,006 (1990) → 2,101 (2023): 108.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,717, of which 39.8 % second homes and 1.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km SW 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 (Ambon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Muzillac): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Damgan): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ambon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 31.8

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BILLIERS weather station, 6.2 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VANNES-SENE, 13.2 km away at 3 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BILLIERS, 6.2 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56052
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
Criel-sur-Mer	76	394 km NE	2,527	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	183 km SE	2,483	65.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	258 km NE	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	878 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bouin	85	77 km SE	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac	12	548 km SE	2,142	65.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouin	85	77 km SE	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	183 km SE	2,483	65.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	258 km NE	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Criel-sur-Mer	76	394 km NE	2,527	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac	12	548 km SE	2,142	65.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	878 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · 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 Ambon'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
Criel-sur-Mer	76	394 km NE	2,527	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	258 km NE	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bouin	85	77 km SE	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	423 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brem-sur-Mer	85	119 km SE	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Alban	22	111 km N	2,397	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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