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Saint-Barthélemy

Morbihan · CC Baud Communauté · INSEE 56207

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Barthélemy (INSEE 56207) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Baud Communauté. Population 1,197 (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/56207-saint-barthelemy

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 13,234 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.6105.95
Housing mix0.8154.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 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 1 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GOURRIERREC LAURENT · MAMIE KRAMPOUEZH). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BARTHELEMY AP). [3]

1 × Library (CENTRE CULTUREL). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF EDOUARD LE THUAUT). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LE GOURRIERREC LAURENT · MAMIE KRAMPOUEZHINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PROXI SUPERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT BARTHELEMY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1CENTRE CULTURELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF EDOUARD LE THUAUTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,375 2023: 1,197 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,194 (2012) → 1,197 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,093 (1990) → 1,197 (2023): 9.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 674, of which 9.3 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 5.9 km S (Baud)GP — 6.1 km S (Baud)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 5.9 km SGP — 6.1 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 (Saint-Barthélemy): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Barthélemy): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Baud): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Baud): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Barthélemy): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BAUD weather station, 6.6 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at PONTIVY, 16.9 km away at 83 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BAUD, 6.6 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56207/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56207/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56207/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56207/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56207
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56010
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dourdain35128 km E1,23736.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Gennes-Longuefuye53182 km E1,35440Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Landeleau2961 km NW99344.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Mensignac24407 km SE1,52134.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Arthon36383 km E1,21529.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont71654 km E1,15239.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Landeleau2961 km NW99344.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Dourdain35128 km E1,23736.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Gennes-Longuefuye53182 km E1,35440Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Arthon36383 km E1,21529.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mensignac24407 km SE1,52134.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Savigny-en-Revermont71654 km E1,15239.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · 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-Barthélemy'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Bazouge-du-Désert35155 km NE1,09526.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Hombleux80485 km NE1,11126.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Domfront-en-Champagne72229 km E1,06929.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Meslan5630 km W1,47938.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Berné5627 km W1,55142.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gravé5661 km E76343.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %