Le Cours

Morbihan · CC Questembert Communauté · INSEE 56045

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Cours (INSEE 56045) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Questembert Communauté. Population 697 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,420 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES PIZZAS DU GOLFE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA PETITE HIRONDELLE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LE COURS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LES PIZZAS DU GOLFE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA PETITE HIRONDELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LE COURS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 421 2023: 697 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 697 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 351 (1990) → 697 (2023): 98.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 3.8 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km NBakery — 4.5 km NGP — 6.5 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 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 (Saint-Guyomard): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Guyomard): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Vraie-Croix): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Elven): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Cours): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

Muggy days a summer 1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the QUESTEMBERT weather station, 8.5 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PLEUCADEUC, 8.9 km away at 65 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,187 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ELVEN, 6.4 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56045
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
Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm	47	466 km SE	713	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	551 km E	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Crugny	51	490 km E	675	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	683 km E	681	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Audincthun	62	462 km NE	684	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Brancourt-en-Laonnois	02	478 km NE	702	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Audincthun	62	462 km NE	684	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm	47	466 km SE	713	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Brancourt-en-Laonnois	02	478 km NE	702	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Crugny	51	490 km E	675	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	551 km E	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	683 km E	681	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Cours'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
Audincthun	62	462 km NE	684	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois	60	445 km NE	735	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-le-Preux	62	484 km NE	679	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Yenne	73	672 km E	747	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	63 km SE	773	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Magnicourt-en-Comte	62	469 km NE	647	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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