Molac

Morbihan · CC Questembert Communauté · INSEE 56135

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Molac (INSEE 56135) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Questembert Communauté. Population 1,633 (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/56135-molac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 11,001 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARC-EN-CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PIERRE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ART DE PL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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]
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	L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARC-EN-CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PIERRE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MOLAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'ART DE PL'HAIR	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 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: 940 2023: 1,633 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,438 (2012) → 1,633 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 913 (1990) → 1,633 (2023): 78.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 782, of which 6.9 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SGP — 5.4 km NEFood shop — 5.5 km NEPharmacy — 7.0 km S 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 (Questembert): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pleucadeuc): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pleucadeuc): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Questembert): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Molac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

Muggy days a summer 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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PLEUCADEUC weather station, 5.3 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLEUCADEUC, 5.3 km away at 65 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLEUCADEUC, 5.3 km away at 65 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 — 56135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56135
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
Marigné-Laillé	72	208 km E	1,653	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Paslières	63	494 km E	1,491	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Cormeray	41	289 km E	1,558	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %
Aveizieux	42	572 km E	1,701	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
La Regrippière	44	113 km SE	1,609	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Epiniac	35	103 km NE	1,438	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Epiniac	35	103 km NE	1,438	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Regrippière	44	113 km SE	1,609	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Marigné-Laillé	72	208 km E	1,653	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cormeray	41	289 km E	1,558	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %
Paslières	63	494 km E	1,491	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Aveizieux	42	572 km E	1,701	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Molac'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
Marigné-Laillé	72	208 km E	1,653	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Epiniac	35	103 km NE	1,438	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tresbœuf	35	68 km E	1,234	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny	85	154 km SE	1,275	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Plémy	22	70 km N	1,578	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boutigny-Prouais	28	319 km E	1,704	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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