Marzan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Marzan (INSEE 56126) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Arc Sud Bretagne. Population 2,684 (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/56126-marzan
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 7,827 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.33 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (SARL LE RELAIS PANORAMIQUE · GGM'A · L'AUBERGE DES RIVES DE VILAINE · C'CREPES & GALETTES). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE TEMPS FORT). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PIGEON VERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST GILDAS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MARZAN AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARZAN ESPACE CULTUREL JEAN LE BOT). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE POLYVALENT). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (CATHERINE COIF ET ESTH A DOMICILE · LIGIA · ENVIE D'HAIR · LE SALON DE CELINE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE LA HÉCHAIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 4 | SARL LE RELAIS PANORAMIQUE · GGM'A · L'AUBERGE DES RIVES DE VILAINE · C'CREPES & GALETTES | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE TEMPS FORT | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PIGEON VERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST GILDAS | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | MARZAN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARZAN ESPACE CULTUREL JEAN LE BOT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE POLYVALENT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | CATHERINE COIF ET ESTH A DOMICILE · LIGIA · ENVIE D'HAIR · LE SALON DE CELINE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | DOMAINE DE LA HÉCHAIE | 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
Population 2,170 (2012) → 2,684 (2023): 23.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,736 (1990) → 2,684 (2023): 54.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,535, of which 16.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Roche-Bernard): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Roche-Bernard): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Nivillac): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Nivillac): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Marzan): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ARZAL weather station, 5.3 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 48 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ARZAL, 5.3 km away at 26 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 965 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at NIVILLAC, 3.4 km away at 38 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 — 56126/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56126/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56126/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56126/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56195
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56126
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bras | 83 | 788 km SE | 2,637 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 % |
| Belcodène | 13 | 768 km SE | 2,009 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cabasse | 83 | 808 km SE | 2,020 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Yzernay | 49 | 135 km SE | 1,855 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons | 44 | 60 km SE | 2,422 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Motte | 22 | 83 km N | 2,173 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons | 44 | 60 km SE | 2,422 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Motte | 22 | 83 km N | 2,173 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Yzernay | 49 | 135 km SE | 1,855 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Belcodène | 13 | 768 km SE | 2,009 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bras | 83 | 788 km SE | 2,637 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cabasse | 83 | 808 km SE | 2,020 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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 Marzan'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-Hilaire-de-Chaléons | 44 | 60 km SE | 2,422 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Motte | 22 | 83 km N | 2,173 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Minihic-sur-Rance | 35 | 117 km N | 1,524 | 32.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Limouzinière | 44 | 82 km SE | 2,459 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vignoc | 35 | 89 km NE | 2,329 | 48.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bono | 56 | 48 km W | 2,608 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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