Bignan

Morbihan · CC Centre Morbihan Communauté · INSEE 56017

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

Partly served 54.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bignan (INSEE 56017) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Centre Morbihan Communauté. Population 2,757 (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/56017-bignan

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 7,668 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.57	10	5.74
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

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 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LUCAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SARL LA CHOUANNIERE · LE TALVERN · LA FABRIK A PIZZAS · LE NORD OUEST). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE 6 · LE BAR DES SPORTS AU TAQUET). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MONNET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST HENRI-ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL SAVARY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE RYON). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS MAURICE QUENTIN CIRCUITS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR DE ROZ · HAIR IN BOX). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL NO-MINOE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LUCAS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	SARL LA CHOUANNIERE · LE TALVERN · LA FABRIK A PIZZAS · LE NORD OUEST	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE 6 · LE BAR DES SPORTS AU TAQUET	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MONNET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST HENRI-ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PASCAL SAVARY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE RYON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BIGNAN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS MAURICE QUENTIN CIRCUITS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HAIR DE ROZ · HAIR IN BOX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL NO-MINOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,067 peak 2017: 2,791 2023: 2,757 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,757 (2012) → 2,757 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,567 (1990) → 2,757 (2023): 7.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,419, of which 2 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.9 km WBakery — 4.3 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 (Locminé): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Locminé): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bignan): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bignan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bignan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.9

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BIGNAN weather station, 3.4 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BIGNAN, 3.4 km away at 112 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BIGNAN, 3.4 km away at 112 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 — 56017/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56017/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56017/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56017/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56017
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
Corsept	44	86 km SE	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Morbecque	59	495 km NE	2,573	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	74 km SE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Briscous	64	504 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-Fleurigné	35	135 km NE	2,451	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Loretz-d'Argenton	79	211 km SE	2,575	60.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	74 km SE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Corsept	44	86 km SE	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Fleurigné	35	135 km NE	2,451	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Loretz-d'Argenton	79	211 km SE	2,575	60.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Morbecque	59	495 km NE	2,573	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Briscous	64	504 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bignan'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
Corsept	44	86 km SE	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Morbecque	59	495 km NE	2,573	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	74 km SE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Fleurigné	35	135 km NE	2,451	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Besné	44	74 km SE	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Monterblanc	56	17 km SE	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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