Saint-Armel

Morbihan · CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération · INSEE 56205

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Armel (INSEE 56205) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération. Population 903 (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/56205-saint-armel

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 14,927 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.87	10	8.66
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE JOUBIOUX ERIC). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BARA BREIZH · BANGKOK CUISINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-ARMEL). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE CHEVALIER GAMBETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE JOUBIOUX ERIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	BARA BREIZH · BANGKOK CUISINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-ARMEL	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CHEVALIER GAMBETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 270 2023: 903 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 861 (2012) → 903 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 661 (1990) → 903 (2023): 36.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 795, of which 37.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.9 km NEFood shop — 5.5 km NPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Saint-Armel): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Theix-Noyalo): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Séné): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Armel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VANNES-SENE weather station, 3.6 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VANNES-SENE, 3.6 km away at 3 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 903 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VANNES-SENE, 3.6 km away at 3 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 — 56205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56251
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
Chassiers	07	636 km SE	989	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Coudeville-sur-Mer	50	170 km NE	887	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy	88	726 km E	957	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Azur	40	434 km S	988	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %
Rochejean	25	687 km E	754	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 %
Eygliers	05	787 km E	882	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coudeville-sur-Mer	50	170 km NE	887	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Azur	40	434 km S	988	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %
Chassiers	07	636 km SE	989	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Rochejean	25	687 km E	754	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 %
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy	88	726 km E	957	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Eygliers	05	787 km E	882	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · 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 Saint-Armel'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
Pendé	80	426 km NE	1,025	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Camoël	56	26 km SE	1,183	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wittes	62	506 km NE	973	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Les Fougerêts	56	42 km NE	970	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cipières	06	860 km SE	393	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Croix-Helléan	56	46 km N	892	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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