Arzal

Morbihan · CC Arc Sud Bretagne · INSEE 56004

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

Partly served 56.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arzal (INSEE 56004) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Arc Sud Bretagne. Population 1,846 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/56004-arzal

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 10,127 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE OLIVIER · LE FOURNIL DE LA CORNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA SOURCE · EPIZERIE DU PORT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA CORNE DU CERF · LE MOULIN A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE NEWPORT · O P'TIT BISTROT · LA CALE SECHE · WAM CAVE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CHARLES). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE LALOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE MILLE FEUILLES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MICHEL LE CHESNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE KERNEJEUNE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE OLIVIER · LE FOURNIL DE LA CORNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA SOURCE · EPIZERIE DU PORT	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	LA CORNE DU CERF · LE MOULIN A PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE NEWPORT · O P'TIT BISTROT · LA CALE SECHE · WAM CAVE	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CHARLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VALERIE LALOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ARZAL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE MILLE FEUILLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE MICHEL LE CHESNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE KERNEJEUNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 883 2023: 1,846 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,539 (2012) → 1,846 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 930 (1990) → 1,846 (2023): 98.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,263, of which 25.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.5 km SE 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 (Arzal): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arzal): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arzal): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Férel): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arzal): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARZAL weather station, 0.7 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARZAL, 0.7 km away at 26 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARZAL, 0.7 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56058
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
Callas	83	819 km SE	2,124	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Glières-Val-de-Borne	74	689 km E	1,824	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Villecroze	83	803 km SE	1,514	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Loyat	56	53 km N	1,750	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Limerzel	56	14 km N	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	76	301 km NE	1,816	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Limerzel	56	14 km N	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Loyat	56	53 km N	1,750	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	76	301 km NE	1,816	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Glières-Val-de-Borne	74	689 km E	1,824	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Villecroze	83	803 km SE	1,514	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Callas	83	819 km SE	2,124	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · 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 Arzal'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
Loyat	56	53 km N	1,750	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Limerzel	56	14 km N	1,370	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	76	301 km NE	1,816	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Hanvec	29	161 km NW	2,025	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Assérac	44	10 km S	1,890	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Béganne	56	14 km NE	1,493	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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