Porcaro

Morbihan · CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande · INSEE 56180

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

Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Porcaro (INSEE 56180) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande. Population 743 (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/56180-porcaro

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,085 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.82	10	8.15
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (PIKPAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PORCARO AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÉQUE MUNICIPALE DE PORCARO). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	1	PIKPAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	PORCARO AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÉQUE MUNICIPALE DE PORCARO	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 581 2023: 743 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 675 (2012) → 743 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 565 (1990) → 743 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 8.2 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km SFood shop — 5.6 km EGP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.9 km E 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 (Monteneuf): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guer): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guer): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guer): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Porcaro): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.5

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GUER weather station, 6.2 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 15.5 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GUER, 6.2 km away at 47 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 — 56180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56136
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56180
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
Roiffé	86	190 km SE	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Campagnan	34	657 km SE	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Chamelet	69	552 km E	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Travaillan	84	687 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Étroussat	03	451 km SE	649	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Prunet	15	496 km SE	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roiffé	86	190 km SE	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Étroussat	03	451 km SE	649	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Prunet	15	496 km SE	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Chamelet	69	552 km E	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Campagnan	34	657 km SE	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Travaillan	84	687 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Porcaro'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
Roiffé	86	190 km SE	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	424 km SE	755	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Louans	37	235 km E	709	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	384 km E	649	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	305 km SE	660	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ciry-Salsogne	02	446 km NE	882	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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