Saint-Dolay

Morbihan · CC Arc Sud Bretagne · INSEE 56212

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

Partly served 51/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Dolay (INSEE 56212) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Arc Sud Bretagne. Population 2,645 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56212-saint-dolay

Vitality score

Vitality score 51/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 7,916 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.52
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOULIN DE MON PERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DEL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'INSTANT PEI · SAS AUX TROIS ANNEAUX). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ATELIER DELICES · L'AELWEZIEN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE STE JEANNE D ARC). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DE LA NOE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SARL BOHUON CHESNIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE MOULIN DE MON PERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	4	L'INSTANT PEI · SAS AUX TROIS ANNEAUX	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ATELIER DELICES · L'AELWEZIEN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE STE JEANNE D ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE SAILLY	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	SAINT DOLAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE DE LA NOE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SARL BOHUON CHESNIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 2,085 2023: 2,645 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,387 (2012) → 2,645 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,113 (1990) → 2,645 (2023): 25.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,449, of which 9.2 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 6.9 km NE 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-Dolay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Rieux): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dolay): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

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, 16 km away at 52 m; the village itself is at 46 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, 16 km away at 52 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 965 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NIVILLAC, 10.9 km away at 38 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 — 56212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56212
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
Mouzillon	44	80 km SE	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Coursac	24	344 km SE	2,380	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Valdivienne	86	241 km SE	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	547 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
Bourgvallées	50	184 km NE	3,326	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Valorbiquet	14	250 km NE	2,439	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mouzillon	44	80 km SE	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Bourgvallées	50	184 km NE	3,326	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Valdivienne	86	241 km SE	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Valorbiquet	14	250 km NE	2,439	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Coursac	24	344 km SE	2,380	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	547 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · 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 Saint-Dolay'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
Nomain	59	513 km NE	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	49 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Oust	56	42 km NW	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faouët	56	114 km NW	2,814	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Férel	56	16 km SW	3,499	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Taupont	56	51 km NW	2,428	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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