Carentoir

Morbihan · CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande · INSEE 56033

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

Partly served 48.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Carentoir (INSEE 56033) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande. Population 3,232 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Quelneuc (56183). ^[3]

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/56033-carentoir

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 6,693 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.58	20	11.6
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.57	10	5.68
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE CARENTOIR · MACAKIP PATISSERIE · LE PAIN DES COPAINS). ^[4,5]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE DU PAYS GALLO · BDE VIANDE). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (A.L.C.A.D.I.S. DEVELOPPEMENT). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (LA BRUSCHETTA · LUBERT BERTHE · GALETTE SAUCISSE). ^[4,5]

3 × Café / bar (LA BRETELLE · LE NARVAL). ^[5]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST STANISLAS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE PRIVEE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHELE FOND-ROLLAND, MÉDECIN · DANIEL TURCU, MÉDECIN · ÉLOÏSE JOUAN, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'ETOILE). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CARENTOIR COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES D'OUST À BROCÉLIANDE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU BOIS VERT). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (ETANG DU BEAUCHE). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (GJP ESPACE BEAUTE · L'COIFF A DOMICILE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

2 × Campsite (LE DOMAINE DU CERF BLANC · CAMPING DU BOIS VERT). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LES DELICES DE CARENTOIR · MACAKIP PATISSERIE · LE PAIN DES COPAINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE DU PAYS GALLO · BDE VIANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	A.L.C.A.D.I.S. DEVELOPPEMENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	LA BRUSCHETTA · LUBERT BERTHE · GALETTE SAUCISSE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Café / bar	3	LA BRETELLE · LE NARVAL	INSEE SIRENE 3 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST STANISLAS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MICHELE FOND-ROLLAND, MÉDECIN · DANIEL TURCU, MÉDECIN · ÉLOÏSE JOUAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'ETOILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CARENTOIR COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES D'OUST À BROCÉLIANDE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU BOIS VERT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	1	ETANG DU BEAUCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	GJP ESPACE BEAUTE · L'COIFF A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	2	LE DOMAINE DU CERF BLANC · CAMPING DU BOIS VERT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,025 peak 2012: 3,283 2023: 3,232 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,283 (2012) → 3,232 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,025 (1990) → 3,232 (2023): 6.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,999, of which 10.4 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[8]

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

Food shop (Carentoir): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Carentoir): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Primary school (Carentoir): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.5

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GUER weather station, 9.9 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-JACUT-LES-PINS, 15.7 km away at 52 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GUER, 9.9 km away at 47 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 — 56033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56033
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
Puylaurens	81	571 km SE	3,257	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Louargat	22	123 km NW	2,448	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Brantôme en Périgord	24	345 km SE	3,763	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Plénée-Jugon	22	64 km N	2,579	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve	12	494 km SE	1,948	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Montmoreau	16	320 km SE	2,403	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plénée-Jugon	22	64 km N	2,579	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louargat	22	123 km NW	2,448	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montmoreau	16	320 km SE	2,403	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Brantôme en Périgord	24	345 km SE	3,763	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Villeneuve	12	494 km SE	1,948	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Puylaurens	81	571 km SE	3,257	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Carentoir'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
Charny Orée de Puisaye	89	390 km E	4,900	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Livarot-Pays-d'Auge	14	214 km NE	6,207	60.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Beauce la Romaine	41	273 km E	3,341	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Campbon	44	46 km S	4,058	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Abbaretz	44	53 km SE	2,073	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	572 km SE	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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