Merlevenez
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Merlevenez (INSEE 56130) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Blavet Bellevue Océan. Population 3,174 (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/56130-merlevenez
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 6,800 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.68 | 20 | 13.54 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BRIOCHE D'ANTAN). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (MERNOS). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (TALADALE · LE ROMARIN · PIZZ ' AND LOVE · LA P'TITE BRETONNE · PIZZA FREDO). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BEER'S CORNER · CHEZ MAMAN). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MESANGES BLEUES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE JOIE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES WENDLING, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GUENEZ, MÉDECIN · DOCTEUR LAURA GRAND). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA MADELEINE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MERLEVENEZ AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MERLEVENEZ). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (LE MAYEC CATHERINE · IDEE COIFF). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA BRIOCHE D'ANTAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | MERNOS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | TALADALE · LE ROMARIN · PIZZ ' AND LOVE · LA P'TITE BRETONNE · PIZZA FREDO | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BEER'S CORNER · CHEZ MAMAN | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MESANGES BLEUES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE JOIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | GILLES WENDLING, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GUENEZ, MÉDECIN · DOCTEUR LAURA GRAND | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA MADELEINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MERLEVENEZ AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MERLEVENEZ | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DE SPORT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | LE MAYEC CATHERINE · IDEE COIFF | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 3,151 (2012) → 3,174 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,032 (1990) → 3,174 (2023): 56.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,466, of which 3.7 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Merlevenez): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Merlevenez): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Merlevenez): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Merlevenez): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Merlevenez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the HENNEBONT weather station, 8.1 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 23 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 15.3 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MERLEVENEZ, 0.3 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
160 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 260,000 € — 2,423 € per m² of built surface. [10]
The median across Morbihan is 2,080 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56130/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56130/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56130/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56130/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56130
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Boupère | 85 | 203 km SE | 3,151 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fumay | 08 | 632 km NE | 3,086 | 41.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Port-Saint-Père | 44 | 130 km SE | 3,059 | 45.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Soubise | 17 | 263 km SE | 3,316 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire | 49 | 177 km E | 3,071 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 % |
| Plerguer | 35 | 135 km NE | 2,895 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Saint-Père | 44 | 130 km SE | 3,059 | 45.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plerguer | 35 | 135 km NE | 2,895 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire | 49 | 177 km E | 3,071 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 % |
| Le Boupère | 85 | 203 km SE | 3,151 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soubise | 17 | 263 km SE | 3,316 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Fumay | 08 | 632 km NE | 3,086 | 41.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · 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 Merlevenez'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plerguer | 35 | 135 km NE | 2,895 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rieux | 56 | 86 km E | 2,856 | 52.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bécon-les-Granits | 49 | 184 km E | 2,811 | 60.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pleyben | 29 | 77 km NW | 3,692 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Commequiers | 85 | 151 km SE | 3,735 | 46 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sulniac | 56 | 50 km E | 3,852 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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