Ménéac

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56129

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ménéac (INSEE 56129) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 1,476 (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/56129-meneac

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 11,765 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.3	10	3.03
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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) (LE TICKET DE PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZ BAR · LA GRANDE HALTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU COMPTOIR DE MENEK). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIELA RUSU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BILGER). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MÉNÉAC). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU TERTRE MEROT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE TICKET DE PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	2	PIZZ BAR · LA GRANDE HALTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU COMPTOIR DE MENEK	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	DANIELA RUSU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BILGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 DE MÉNÉAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU TERTRE MEROT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 2,514 2023: 1,476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,546 (2012) → 1,476 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,837 (1990) → 1,476 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 950, of which 12.6 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.9 km NE 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 (Ménéac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Merdrignac): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ménéac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ménéac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ménéac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.4

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAURON weather station, 15.4 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[10]

The village sits 93 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA TRINITE-PORHOET, 6.1 km away at 105 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 — 56129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22147
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
Arzano	29	77 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Spézet	29	93 km W	1,774	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Celles-sur-Durolle	63	527 km SE	1,627	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Les Hautes-Rivières	08	567 km NE	1,239	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Riotord	43	615 km SE	1,195	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 %
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	350 km SE	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arzano	29	77 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Spézet	29	93 km W	1,774	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	350 km SE	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %
Celles-sur-Durolle	63	527 km SE	1,627	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Les Hautes-Rivières	08	567 km NE	1,239	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Riotord	43	615 km SE	1,195	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 %

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