Elven
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Elven (INSEE 56053) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération. Population 6,651 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
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/56053-elven
Vitality score
Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 3,596 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 | 0.73 | 20 | 14.64 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOUL PATIS LE TEXIER ARNAUD ET NATA · SARL BOUDON GEROIX · LE FOURNIL D'ELVEN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARLES & GUILLEMAUD). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU CHAMPS · FROMAGES ET SAVEURS D'ELVEN). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (EHPAD RESIDENCE LA CHAUMIERE ELVEN · CHEZ LAURA · LE CENTRAL BAR · LE LION D'OR · O GRE DES SENS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BEGUIJANE (CAFE CARIO) · LA CHAUMIERE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATH DESCARTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL · COLLEGE PRIVE STE MARIE). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSEPH JOUFFE, MÉDECIN · ANNE LE MOULLEC, MÉDECIN · CELINE BAUSIERE, MÉDECIN · GEOFFROY MEVEL, MÉDECIN · YOANN GESTIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE DE LANVAUX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN-FRANÇOIS COATMEUR). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER MICHEL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ARGOET). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ELVEN · AGENCE ELVEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (MILLE N'HAIR · SIGNE CHRIS · UNIV'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOUL PATIS LE TEXIER ARNAUD ET NATA · SARL BOUDON GEROIX · LE FOURNIL D'ELVEN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARLES & GUILLEMAUD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | AU CHAMPS · FROMAGES ET SAVEURS D'ELVEN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | INTERMARCHE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | EHPAD RESIDENCE LA CHAUMIERE ELVEN · CHEZ LAURA · LE CENTRAL BAR · LE LION D'OR · O GRE DES SENS | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BEGUIJANE (CAFE CARIO) · LA CHAUMIERE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATH DESCARTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL · COLLEGE PRIVE STE MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | JOSEPH JOUFFE, MÉDECIN · ANNE LE MOULLEC, MÉDECIN · CELINE BAUSIERE, MÉDECIN · GEOFFROY MEVEL, MÉDECIN · YOANN GESTIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE CENTRALE DE LANVAUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN-FRANÇOIS COATMEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER MICHEL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ARGOET | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ELVEN · AGENCE ELVEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | MILLE N'HAIR · SIGNE CHRIS · UNIV'HAIR | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 5,510 (2012) → 6,651 (2023): 20.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,312 (1990) → 6,651 (2023): 100.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,018, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Elven): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Elven): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Elven): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Elven): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Elven): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the THEIX weather station, 10.2 km away at 29 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [9]
The village sits 59 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VANNES-MEUCON, 10.2 km away at 132 m, over 12 summers. [9]
An average of 1,187 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ELVEN, 0.4 km away at 88 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 — 56053/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56053/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56053/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56053/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56053
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labruguière | 81 | 599 km SE | 6,584 | 54.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
| Villemur-sur-Tarn | 31 | 534 km SE | 6,345 | 56.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 78 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 87 | 381 km SE | 6,830 | 66.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre | 85 | 148 km SE | 6,057 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 % |
| Baud | 56 | 36 km NW | 6,367 | 68.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 % |
| Guer | 56 | 40 km NE | 6,208 | 65.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baud | 56 | 36 km NW | 6,367 | 68.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 % |
| Guer | 56 | 40 km NE | 6,208 | 65.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 % |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre | 85 | 148 km SE | 6,057 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 87 | 381 km SE | 6,830 | 66.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villemur-sur-Tarn | 31 | 534 km SE | 6,345 | 56.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 78 % |
| Labruguière | 81 | 599 km SE | 6,584 | 54.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Elven'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 35 | 110 km NE | 5,829 | 67.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ernée | 53 | 138 km NE | 5,499 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wormhout | 59 | 507 km NE | 5,584 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Audruicq | 62 | 487 km NE | 5,309 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Theix-Noyalo | 56 | 12 km S | 8,500 | 64.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-l'Évêque | 14 | 268 km NE | 5,145 | 70.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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