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Hœdic

Morbihan · CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique · INSEE 56085

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hœdic (INSEE 56085) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Population 104 (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/56085-hoedic

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 10,940 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.972019.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.24102.43
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 0 of 3
Lodging 2 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) (LE BOTLAN STEPHANIE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (KERGAZER). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AU JARDIN D'AUGUSTA · LE PALMEC VALERIE · ADANCO · LE HOEDIC FOOD). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA TRINQUETTE · INDIVISION BLANCHET JEANNE · LE CAFE DU REPOS). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HOËDIC). [3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES CARDINAUX). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE BOTLAN STEPHANIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1KERGAZERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4AU JARDIN D'AUGUSTA · LE PALMEC VALERIE · ADANCO · LE HOEDIC FOODINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar3LA TRINQUETTE · INDIVISION BLANCHET JEANNE · LE CAFE DU REPOSINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1HOEDIC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HOËDICINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HÔTEL LES CARDINAUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPALINSEE 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: 191 2023: 104 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 121 (2012) → 104 (2023): -14 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 140 (1990) → 104 (2023): -25.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 78.4 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 0.7 km SW (Hœdic)GP — 8.0 km NW (Île-d'Houat)Pharmacy — 8.3 km NW (Île-d'Houat)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km SWGP — 8.0 km NWPharmacy — 8.3 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 (Hœdic): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hœdic): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Île-d'Houat): 8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Île-d'Houat): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Hœdic): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SARZEAU SA weather station, 20 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 13 m. [10]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ILE-D'HOUAT, 8.2 km away at 28 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56085/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56085/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56085/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56085/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56085
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56086
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Colomban-des-Villards73735 km E14337.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Camurac11630 km SE11033.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Véran05807 km E16043Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Le Vernet04794 km E13235.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Porté-Puymorens66649 km SE10026.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Lélex01680 km E24147.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Camurac11630 km SE11033.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %
Porté-Puymorens66649 km SE10026.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Lélex01680 km E24147.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Colomban-des-Villards73735 km E14337.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Le Vernet04794 km E13235.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Véran05807 km E16043Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %

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