Sainte-Hélène

Morbihan · CC Blavet Bellevue Océan · INSEE 56220

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Hélène (INSEE 56220) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Blavet Bellevue Océan. Population 1,303 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56220-sainte-helene

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,657 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	25	0
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.79	10	7.94
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (MAISON BICHET). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'IGUANE · KAS HA CREP · TY FORN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE NAPOLEON). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES MORIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-HÉLÈNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BEAUTY). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	MAISON BICHET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	L'IGUANE · KAS HA CREP · TY FORN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE NAPOLEON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES MORIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-HÉLÈNE	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	1	BEAUTY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 662 2023: 1,303 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,126 (2012) → 1,303 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,007 (1990) → 1,303 (2023): 29.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 745, of which 16 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NWBakery — 3.0 km NWFood shop — 3.1 km NW 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 (Merlevenez): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Merlevenez): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Merlevenez): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Merlevenez): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Hélène): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the HENNEBONT weather station, 10.7 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 18 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MERLEVENEZ, 3 km away at 20 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 — 56220/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56220/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56220/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56220/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56220
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
La Roche-Neuville	53	184 km E	1,240	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Hermier	85	161 km SE	1,098	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Allériot	71	623 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
La Ville-ès-Nonais	35	131 km NE	1,233	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Larré	56	52 km E	1,104	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Antran	86	299 km E	1,148	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Larré	56	52 km E	1,104	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Ville-ès-Nonais	35	131 km NE	1,233	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Hermier	85	161 km SE	1,098	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
La Roche-Neuville	53	184 km E	1,240	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Antran	86	299 km E	1,148	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Allériot	71	623 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · 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 Sainte-Hélène'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
La Ville-ès-Nonais	35	131 km NE	1,233	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Larré	56	52 km E	1,104	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Guinoux	35	137 km NE	1,285	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly	80	429 km NE	1,252	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ségal	29	87 km NW	1,182	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hames-Boucres	62	507 km NE	1,439	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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