Caudan

Morbihan · CA Lorient Agglomération · INSEE 56036

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

Partly served 56.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caudan (INSEE 56036) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Lorient Agglomération. Population 7,206 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/56036-caudan

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 3,360 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	0.39	25	9.66
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.58	10	5.8
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON LE JEAN · MM). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CONTACT · KARREMENT BIO / LE KARRE BIO). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FASUVI). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (BUFFALO GRILL · CAUDAN PIZZAS · BANGA · LA CANTINE · LE 3). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (NEW'S CAFE · LA BONNE BOUFFE · ARENA 18 · LE BAR DU COIN · LE 3). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAUDE DEBUSSY). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU RIGOLE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BERNARD-MOREEL, MÉDECIN · ANNE BARAT, MÉDECIN · ERIC GENDRON, MÉDECIN · LAURE TOURNEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CAUDAN · BANQUE DU BATIMENT ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS · AGENCE CAUDAN · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (BOURRIQUEN GAEDIG · ATMOSP'HAIR COIFFURE · LE SALON DE CYNDIE · HAIR CUT · LAURA COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Hotel (HÔTEL B&B LORIENT CAUDAN · IBIS LORIENT CAUDAN · HÔTEL F1 LORIENT CAUDAN · IBIS STYLES LORIENT CAUDAN · LE GABRIEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MAISON LE JEAN · MM	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	CARREFOUR CONTACT · KARREMENT BIO / LE KARRE BIO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	FASUVI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	BUFFALO GRILL · CAUDAN PIZZAS · BANGA · LA CANTINE · LE 3	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	NEW'S CAFE · LA BONNE BOUFFE · ARENA 18 · LE BAR DU COIN · LE 3	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAUDE DEBUSSY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	MATTHIEU RIGOLE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BERNARD-MOREEL, MÉDECIN · ANNE BARAT, MÉDECIN · ERIC GENDRON, MÉDECIN · LAURE TOURNEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE	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	CAUDAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	MDM - ANTENNE DE CAUDAN · MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CAUDAN · BANQUE DU BATIMENT ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS · AGENCE CAUDAN · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	8	BOURRIQUEN GAEDIG · ATMOSP'HAIR COIFFURE · LE SALON DE CYNDIE · HAIR CUT · LAURA COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	5	HÔTEL B&B LORIENT CAUDAN · IBIS LORIENT CAUDAN · HÔTEL F1 LORIENT CAUDAN · IBIS STYLES LORIENT CAUDAN · LE GABRIEL	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [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: 2,686 2023: 7,206 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,806 (2012) → 7,206 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,674 (1990) → 7,206 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,301, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 km NW 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 (Caudan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Caudan): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Caudan): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Caudan): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the HENNEBONT weather station, 5.2 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 8.9 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at HENNEBONT, 5.2 km away at 32 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56036
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
Montoir-de-Bretagne	44	104 km SE	7,282	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pian-Médoc	33	378 km SE	7,292	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Rosny-sur-Seine	78	390 km E	7,328	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Manduel	30	750 km SE	7,044	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Lésigny	77	453 km E	6,923	50	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Changé	72	271 km E	6,911	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montoir-de-Bretagne	44	104 km SE	7,282	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Changé	72	271 km E	6,911	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pian-Médoc	33	378 km SE	7,292	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Rosny-sur-Seine	78	390 km E	7,328	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lésigny	77	453 km E	6,923	50	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Manduel	30	750 km SE	7,044	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · 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 Caudan'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
Montoir-de-Bretagne	44	104 km SE	7,282	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Trignac	44	102 km SE	8,397	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Jouars-Pontchartrain	78	403 km E	6,039	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Barlin	62	524 km NE	7,331	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Berthevin	53	189 km E	7,479	68.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Melesse	35	130 km E	7,541	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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