Île-d'Houat

Morbihan · CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique · INSEE 56086

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Île-d'Houat (INSEE 56086) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Population 219 (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/56086-ile-d-houat

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,520 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.97	20	19.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.06	10	0.62
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (HOUAT ALIEUTIKA). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (ETS LE GURUN · CHEZ LOULOU · LA SIRENE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE FORT · LE SPI · LE SIATA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RICHARD PUYDUPIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR PUYDUPIN RICHARD). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ILE D HOUAT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DES ILES · LA SIRENE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	HOUAT ALIEUTIKA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	3	ETS LE GURUN · CHEZ LOULOU · LA SIRENE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE FORT · LE SPI · LE SIATA	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RICHARD PUYDUPIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR PUYDUPIN RICHARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ILE D HOUAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT DES ILES · LA SIRENE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 457 2023: 219 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 249 (2012) → 219 (2023): -12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 390 (1990) → 219 (2023): -43.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 356, of which 61.2 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 8.0 km SE 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): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Île-d'Houat): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Île-d'Houat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Île-d'Houat): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Île-d'Houat): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 6.6▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the QUIBERON weather station, 17.3 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 27 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, 0.3 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56085
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56086
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
Rennes-les-Bains	11	647 km SE	238	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Île-d'Arz	56	25 km NE	321	51.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Aiguilles	05	811 km E	369	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Lavoûte-Chilhac	43	548 km SE	254	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 0 %
Évisa	2A	1,088 km SE	231	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 66 %
Villar-d'Arêne	05	760 km E	300	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Île-d'Arz	56	25 km NE	321	51.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Lavoûte-Chilhac	43	548 km SE	254	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 0 %
Rennes-les-Bains	11	647 km SE	238	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Villar-d'Arêne	05	760 km E	300	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 %
Aiguilles	05	811 km E	369	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Évisa	2A	1,088 km SE	231	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 66 %

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Elsewhere

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