Arzon

Morbihan · CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération · INSEE 56005

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

Served 65.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arzon (INSEE 56005) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération. Population 2,271 (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/56005-arzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 98 % of the 8,778 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	0.67	25	16.63
Social	1	20	19.96
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.79	10	7.95
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 2 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BRUNET · F M R L'ART GLACE · BOULANGERIE LE BARBIER · TY BOULANGERIE · AU PALAIS GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES CAFES DE RHUYS · LA CULTURE DU GOUT). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SAS ETABLISSEMENTS TUAL · NAUTIMAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (GAYA AND CO). ^[3,4]

22 × Restaurant (MONNIER PIERRICK · BAR DE LA PLAGE · EMMA · SARL SATOF · LA MARINA). ^[3,4]

11 × Café / bar (LE 180 · LA GABARE · O'BISTROT · NAUSICAA · MARCELLIN LANDRIEUL). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT GHYSEL, MÉDECIN · VALENTIN PROY, MÉDECIN · PAULINE RENON, MÉDECIN · MARIE-HÉLÈNE PICAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D AR MOR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARZON RP). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LA LOCOMOTIVE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (CECILE B.). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CROUESTY · MIRAMAR LA CIGALE · HOTEL GLANN AR MOR · BREIZH DU GOLFE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL TINDIO · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORT SABLE · CAMPING BILOURIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	SARL BRUNET · F M R L'ART GLACE · BOULANGERIE LE BARBIER · TY BOULANGERIE · AU PALAIS GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DREAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LES CAFES DE RHUYS · LA CULTURE DU GOUT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SAS ETABLISSEMENTS TUAL · NAUTIMAR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	GAYA AND CO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	22	MONNIER PIERRICK · BAR DE LA PLAGE · EMMA · SARL SATOF · LA MARINA	INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	11	LE 180 · LA GABARE · O'BISTROT · NAUSICAA · MARCELLIN LANDRIEUL	INSEE SIRENE 11 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ERIC TABARLY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	VINCENT GHYSEL, MÉDECIN · VALENTIN PROY, MÉDECIN · PAULINE RENON, MÉDECIN · MARIE-HÉLÈNE PICAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D AR MOR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ARZON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	1	LA LOCOMOTIVE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF YVES CHAPRON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CECILE B.	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	4	HOTEL LE CROUESTY · MIRAMAR LA CIGALE · HOTEL GLANN AR MOR · BREIZH DU GOLFE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING MUNICIPAL TINDIO · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORT SABLE · CAMPING BILOURIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,308 2023: 2,271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,103 (2012) → 2,271 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,754 (1990) → 2,271 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 6,563, of which 76.8 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Arzon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arzon): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arzon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arzon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 21

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LARMOR-BADEN weather station, 4.8 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VANNES-SENE, 14.7 km away at 3 m, over 26 summers. ^[9]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LARMOR-BADEN, 4.8 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56005
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
Villers-sur-Mer	14	290 km NE	2,440	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Crotoy	80	444 km NE	1,958	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Carcans	33	309 km SE	2,415	70	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	98 km SE	2,420	67.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Deux Alpes	38	748 km E	1,910	74.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Les Mathes	17	244 km SE	2,180	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	98 km SE	2,420	67.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Mathes	17	244 km SE	2,180	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Villers-sur-Mer	14	290 km NE	2,440	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Carcans	33	309 km SE	2,415	70	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Le Crotoy	80	444 km NE	1,958	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Deux Alpes	38	748 km E	1,910	74.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Arzon'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
Villers-sur-Mer	14	290 km NE	2,440	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Crotoy	80	444 km NE	1,958	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blonville-sur-Mer	14	293 km NE	1,621	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	442 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	434 km NE	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	276 km NE	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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