Rieux

Morbihan · CA Redon Agglomération · INSEE 56194

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

Partly served 52.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rieux (INSEE 56194) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Redon Agglomération. Population 2,856 (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/56194-rieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 7,413 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE D'AUCFER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GUILLAUME GO). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MATHERLE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (AU BRAVE JEAN · TROCHET RESTAURATION · AYOLO PIZZ' · EMILE MARMITE · GALETANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PARI). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L ESCARGOT BLEU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRE FONTAINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DU RÉCIT À RIEUX). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ELISA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LE PARC DU CHÂTEAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 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)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE D'AUCFER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GUILLAUME GO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MATHERLE	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	6	AU BRAVE JEAN · TROCHET RESTAURATION · AYOLO PIZZ' · EMILE MARMITE · GALETANE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PARI	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L ESCARGOT BLEU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANDRE FONTAINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ROCHE	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	RIEUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DU RÉCIT À RIEUX	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	1	ELISA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LE PARC DU CHÂTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8h30 à 12h30 place de l'église. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,015 peak 2012: 2,897 2023: 2,856 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,897 (2012) → 2,856 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,717 (1990) → 2,856 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,502, of which 3.7 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.7 km N 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 (Rieux): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Rieux): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rieux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rieux): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.1

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-JACUT-LES-PINS weather station, 12.4 km away at 52 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-JACUT-LES-PINS, 12.4 km away at 52 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JACUT-LES-PINS, 12.4 km away at 52 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.rieux-morbihan.fr/le-marche-de-rieux/— “Marché Municipal de Rieux se tient tous les mercredis matin de 8h30 à 12h30 sur la place de l'église.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56194
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
Plerguer	35	105 km N	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	99 km E	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Labouheyre	40	388 km S	2,906	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	229 km SE	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	90 km S	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	333 km SE	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	90 km S	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	99 km E	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Plerguer	35	105 km N	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	229 km SE	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	333 km SE	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Labouheyre	40	388 km S	2,906	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Rieux'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
Bécon-les-Granits	49	99 km E	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	58 km SE	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Châtaigneraie	85	148 km SE	2,600	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Merlevenez	56	86 km W	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Boupère	85	126 km SE	3,151	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Martigné-Ferchaud	35	65 km NE	2,688	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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