Caro

Morbihan · CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande · INSEE 56035

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

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caro (INSEE 56035) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande. Population 1,126 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/56035-caro

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,627 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.57	10	5.69
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CENTRAL · YUMMY TUMMY). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST HERVE). ^[3]

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

2 × Library (MDM - ANTENNE DE CARO · BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (PRL DOMAINE DE KERVALLON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	2	LE CENTRAL · YUMMY TUMMY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST HERVE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CARO AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	MDM - ANTENNE DE CARO · BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	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	PRL DOMAINE DE KERVALLON	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: 1,259 2023: 1,126 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,170 (2012) → 1,126 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,053 (1990) → 1,126 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 656, of which 8.8 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km SEBakery — 5.7 km SEPharmacy — 5.8 km SEGP — 7.0 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 (Ruffiac): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ruffiac): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val d'Oust): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ruffiac): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Caro): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.1

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PLOERMEL weather station, 11.3 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 109 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 11.3 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 927 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MALESTROIT, 7.3 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56035
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
Archigny	86	261 km SE	1,058	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vimartin-sur-Orthe	53	162 km E	1,100	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 76 %
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	129 km NE	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mirabel	82	505 km SE	1,045	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire	86	264 km SE	998	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Quins	12	542 km SE	908	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	129 km NE	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vimartin-sur-Orthe	53	162 km E	1,100	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 76 %
Archigny	86	261 km SE	1,058	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire	86	264 km SE	998	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Mirabel	82	505 km SE	1,045	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Quins	12	542 km SE	908	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %

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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 Caro'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
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	129 km NE	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rouez	72	167 km E	804	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Augan	56	6.9 km NE	1,569	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ferré	35	103 km NE	732	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	107 km NE	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mohon	56	26 km NW	991	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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