Josselin

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56091

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

Served 66.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Josselin (INSEE 56091) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 2,584 (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/56091-josselin

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,041 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.98	20	19.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE L'OUST · O P'TIT FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COMPTOIR DE JOSSELIN · SAVEURS D'AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (DESSE DISTRIBUTION · SOLACDIS). ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (LA MAISON BLEUE · LA TERRASSE · SOCIETE BERTHOUT · CREPERIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (GASTON ET PETTERSSON · LE SPORTING · LA ROTONDE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SUZANNE BOURQUIN · ECOLE STE MARGUERITE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE MAX JACOB · COLLEGE PRIVE STE MARGUERITE-MARIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE NIEMIEC, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE REGNIER GOURLAOUEN · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE YVONIG GICQUEL). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE BEAUMANOIR). ^[3]

4 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL AMPERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LOUIS CHAUVEAU · COLLEGE SAINTE MARGUERITE · COLLEGE MAX JACOB). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (TECHNI COIFF A DOMICILE · JEANNY COIFFURE · S'COIFF · COIFFY'MOD · PEIGNE ET CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE FOURNIL DE L'OUST · O P'TIT FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COMPTOIR DE JOSSELIN · SAVEURS D'AILLEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	DESSE DISTRIBUTION · SOLACDIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	19	LA MAISON BLEUE · LA TERRASSE · SOCIETE BERTHOUT · CREPERIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	GASTON ET PETTERSSON · LE SPORTING · LA ROTONDE	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SUZANNE BOURQUIN · ECOLE STE MARGUERITE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE MAX JACOB · COLLEGE PRIVE STE MARGUERITE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PHILIPPE NIEMIEC, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2	SELARL PHARMACIE REGNIER GOURLAOUEN · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 YVONIG GICQUEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE BEAUMANOIR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	4	LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL AMPERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LOUIS CHAUVEAU · COLLEGE SAINTE MARGUERITE · COLLEGE MAX JACOB	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	TECHNI COIFF A DOMICILE · JEANNY COIFFURE · S'COIFF · COIFFY'MOD · PEIGNE ET CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,283 peak 1975: 2,611 2023: 2,584 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,453 (2012) → 2,584 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,338 (1990) → 2,584 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,492, of which 8.4 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Josselin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Josselin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Josselin): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Josselin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Josselin): 0.3 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. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOERMEL weather station, 11.1 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 11.1 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PLOERMEL, 11.1 km away at 65 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 — 56091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56091
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
Saint-Paulien	43	578 km SE	2,439	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Caulnes	22	47 km NE	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-le-Dolent	85	172 km SE	2,571	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villenauxe-la-Grande	10	457 km E	2,605	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	183 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Villaines-la-Juhel	53	174 km E	2,671	55.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caulnes	22	47 km NE	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-le-Dolent	85	172 km SE	2,571	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villaines-la-Juhel	53	174 km E	2,671	55.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	183 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Villenauxe-la-Grande	10	457 km E	2,605	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paulien	43	578 km SE	2,439	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 5 % · 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 Josselin'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
Caulnes	22	47 km NE	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-le-Dolent	85	172 km SE	2,571	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Senones	88	708 km E	2,205	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rostrenen	22	66 km NW	3,282	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ambrières-les-Vallées	53	151 km E	2,619	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Roissy-en-France	95	391 km E	2,674	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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