Guillac

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56079

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guillac (INSEE 56079) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 1,396 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56079-guillac

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 12,122 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.46
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 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) (SARL LE FOURNIL DE GUILLAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (SARL BRETAGNE MER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTECO-RESTO.SCOL.MAIRIE GUILLAC · CANAL BOHEME). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUILLAC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES CERISIERS). ^[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	SARL LE FOURNIL DE GUILLAC	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	1	SARL BRETAGNE MER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	RESTECO-RESTO.SCOL.MAIRIE GUILLAC · CANAL BOHEME	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES	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	1	GUILLAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUILLAC	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	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	CAMPING DES CERISIERS	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: 1,056 peak 2012: 1,401 2023: 1,396 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,401 (2012) → 1,396 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,037 (1990) → 1,396 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 809, of which 13.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km EPharmacy — 4.9 km EGP — 5.6 km N 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 (Guillac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ploërmel): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Taupont): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ploërmel): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Guillac): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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, 6.8 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 6.8 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLOERMEL, 6.8 km away at 65 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 — 56079/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56079/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56079/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56079/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56249
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
Saugnac-et-Muret	40	409 km S	1,382	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Alban-d'Ay	07	622 km SE	1,384	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Loubeyrat	63	470 km SE	1,437	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Usuge	71	598 km E	1,204	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Clairvaux-d'Aveyron	12	539 km SE	1,158	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Valla-en-Gier	42	600 km SE	1,140	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saugnac-et-Muret	40	409 km S	1,382	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 70 %
Loubeyrat	63	470 km SE	1,437	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Clairvaux-d'Aveyron	12	539 km SE	1,158	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Usuge	71	598 km E	1,204	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
La Valla-en-Gier	42	600 km SE	1,140	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-d'Ay	07	622 km SE	1,384	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Guillac'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
Pléguien	22	88 km NW	1,443	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fougeré	85	167 km SE	1,240	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Les Fougerêts	56	27 km SE	970	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	19	427 km SE	1,386	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Maxent	35	33 km E	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Epiniac	35	88 km NE	1,438	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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