Val d'Oust

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56197

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

Served 67.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val d'Oust (INSEE 56197) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 2,807 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: La Chapelle-Caro (56037), Quily (56187). ^[3]

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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 67.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 7,539 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.89	20	17.83
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.49
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ELIAN · BOULANGERIE HAMON). ^[4,5]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE ROXEDOIS · AU MARCHE DE L'OUST). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HALLE DIS). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT O BUFFET · LE RAY'STAURANT · LES SAVEURS REUNIONNAISES CHEZ KALOU · LE FRENCH OUI). ^[4,5]

5 × Café / bar (LE PONT DU ROC · LE CREVY · LA CHAUMIERE · LA STATION DU VAL D'OUST). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE DE VALOIS). ^[4]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIETTE BERTHY, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BESNARD, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE LANGLOIS, MÉDECIN · MARC BROCHARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAL D OUST - LE ROC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU VAL D'OUST). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE POLYVALENT DES NOUETTES · COMPLEXE DU VAL CHEVRIER). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · LE QUATRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (LE PETIT KERIQUEL). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU ROC). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	ELIAN · BOULANGERIE HAMON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	LE ROXEDOIS · AU MARCHE DE L'OUST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	HALLE DIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	BAR RESTAURANT O BUFFET · LE RAY'STAURANT · LES SAVEURS REUNIONNAISES CHEZ KALOU · LE FRENCH OUI	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Café / bar	5	LE PONT DU ROC · LE CREVY · LA CHAUMIERE · LA STATION DU VAL D'OUST	INSEE SIRENE 5 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	MAIRIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE DE VALOIS	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	JULIETTE BERTHY, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BESNARD, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE LANGLOIS, MÉDECIN · MARC BROCHARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAL D OUST - LE ROC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU VAL D'OUST	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE POLYVALENT DES NOUETTES · COMPLEXE DU VAL CHEVRIER	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · LE QUATRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	LE PETIT KERIQUEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DU ROC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,897 2023: 2,807 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,612 (2012) → 2,807 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,248 (1990) → 2,807 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,518, of which 9.9 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km WGP — 2.2 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 (Val d'Oust): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val d'Oust): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val d'Oust): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val d'Oust): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Val d'Oust): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22.8

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LIZIO weather station, 8 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[10]

The village sits 124 m below 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 10.4 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 927 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MALESTROIT, 7.6 km away at 15 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 — 56197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56197
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
Cléguérec	56	55 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec	56	15 km W	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Penne-d'Agenais	47	460 km SE	2,496	60.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	160 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Chablais	74	706 km E	2,613	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Novalaise	73	675 km E	2,261	71.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plumelec	56	15 km W	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	55 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	160 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Penne-d'Agenais	47	460 km SE	2,496	60.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Novalaise	73	675 km E	2,261	71.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-en-Chablais	74	706 km E	2,613	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 12 % · 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 Val d'Oust'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
Plumelec	56	15 km W	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	160 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rédené	29	76 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Évellys	56	32 km NW	3,379	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Molf	44	53 km S	2,870	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Plougoumelen	56	42 km SW	2,664	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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