Saint-Marcel

Morbihan · CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande · INSEE 56228

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

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marcel (INSEE 56228) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande. Population 1,155 (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/56228-saint-marcel

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 13,467 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	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.67
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (AU FOURNIL DE ST MARCEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (EXPAN MALESTROIT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU MARQUIS · L'ESCALE GOURMANDE · LA PARENTHESE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (POM'CARAMEL · L'ESCALE DE L'OUST). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE POLYVALENT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ANAIS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DE ST MARCEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	EXPAN MALESTROIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE RELAIS DU MARQUIS · L'ESCALE GOURMANDE · LA PARENTHESE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	POM'CARAMEL · L'ESCALE DE L'OUST	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE POLYVALENT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ANAIS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 558 2023: 1,155 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,051 (2012) → 1,155 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 845 (1990) → 1,155 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 586, of which 7.7 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km EGP — 1.2 km EPharmacy — 2.7 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 (Saint-Marcel): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Malestroit): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Malestroit): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Marcel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLEUCADEUC weather station, 4.9 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLEUCADEUC, 4.9 km away at 65 m, over 25 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, 2.8 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 — 56228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56124
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
Montceaux	01	580 km E	1,196	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 61 %
Châlonvillars	70	688 km E	1,264	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Python	59	506 km NE	978	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	564 km E	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Jatxou	64	497 km S	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	237 km E	1,160	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	237 km E	1,160	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Jatxou	64	497 km S	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Python	59	506 km NE	978	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	564 km E	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Montceaux	01	580 km E	1,196	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 61 %
Châlonvillars	70	688 km E	1,264	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Marcel'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
Saint-Python	59	506 km NE	978	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pontarmé	60	396 km NE	905	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Coltainville	28	307 km E	915	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Maulette	78	319 km E	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chaussée-d'Ivry	28	312 km NE	1,321	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tacoignières	78	324 km E	1,219	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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