Melrand

Morbihan · CC Baud Communauté · INSEE 56128

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

Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Melrand (INSEE 56128) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Baud Communauté. Population 1,598 (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/56128-melrand

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 11,158 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.81	20	16.21
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.51	10	5.09
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MA P'TITE BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (DELICE PIZZ · LE SAEC HELENE · LA CAROTTE DESINVOLTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MELRANDAIS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE G.L.GUILLOUX · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE N D DU GUELHOUIT). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MELRAND). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE SAINT-RIVALAIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF GYMNASE SALLE POLYVALENTS CITY STADE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (R STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MA P'TITE BOULANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	VIVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	DELICE PIZZ · LE SAEC HELENE · LA CAROTTE DESINVOLTE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE MELRANDAIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE G.L.GUILLOUX · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE N D DU GUELHOUIT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MELRAND	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 MUNICIPALE RUE SAINT-RIVALAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF GYMNASE SALLE POLYVALENTS CITY STADE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	R STYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,031 2023: 1,598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,503 (2012) → 1,598 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,584 (1990) → 1,598 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,174, of which 16.5 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 5.0 km SW 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 (Melrand): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Melrand): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bubry): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bubry): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Melrand): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 42.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BAUD weather station, 14.2 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PONTIVY, 15.3 km away at 83 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,209 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at QUISTINIC, 9 km away at 131 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 — 56128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56026
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
Ploulec'h	22	87 km N	1,598	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumontois en Périgord	24	465 km SE	1,733	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault	35	150 km NE	1,541	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Jouet-sur-l'Aubois	18	470 km E	1,303	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bonnat	23	421 km SE	1,357	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Arlanc	63	594 km SE	1,785	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ploulec'h	22	87 km N	1,598	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault	35	150 km NE	1,541	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnat	23	421 km SE	1,357	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumontois en Périgord	24	465 km SE	1,733	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Jouet-sur-l'Aubois	18	470 km E	1,303	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Arlanc	63	594 km SE	1,785	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · 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 Melrand'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-Georges-de-Reintembault	35	150 km NE	1,541	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mélisey	70	723 km E	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Glageon	59	572 km NE	1,699	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Querrien	29	32 km W	1,645	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ruffiac	56	64 km E	1,422	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cambremer	14	266 km NE	1,294	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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