Helléan

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56082

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

Partly served 45.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Helléan (INSEE 56082) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 395 (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 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 18,036 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	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.26
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (KER NILOU · SARL LA BONNE ETOILE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE FAITOUT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT SAMSON). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	KER NILOU · SARL LA BONNE ETOILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE FAITOUT	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT SAMSON	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	MAIRIE DE HELLEAN BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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: 370 2023: 395 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 345 (2012) → 395 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 395 (2023): 42.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 256, of which 14.1 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SWGP — 3.0 km SEPharmacy — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 5.2 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 (La Croix-Helléan): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Josselin): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Taupont): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Taupont): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Helléan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the PLOERMEL weather station, 6.2 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 6.2 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PLOERMEL, 6.2 km away at 65 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 — 56082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56082
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
Veuil	36	315 km E	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	663 km E	428	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Amponville	77	373 km E	349	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Coren	15	534 km SE	445	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois	23	383 km SE	401	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Leschaux	74	698 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Veuil	36	315 km E	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Amponville	77	373 km E	349	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois	23	383 km SE	401	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Coren	15	534 km SE	445	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	663 km E	428	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Leschaux	74	698 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · 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 Helléan'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
Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust	56	23 km SE	396	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Céaux	50	109 km NE	414	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trébédan	22	53 km NE	441	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Grâce-Uzel	22	39 km NW	423	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Chaalis	60	402 km E	318	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gézaincourt	80	424 km NE	399	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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