Saint-Servant

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56236

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Servant (INSEE 56236) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 806 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/56236-saint-servant

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 15,597 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.71
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TI BAR A FRITES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU BO CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (MA COIFFEUSE). ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE P'TI BAR A FRITES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU BO CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MA COIFFEUSE	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: 960 2023: 806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 788 (2012) → 806 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 830 (1990) → 806 (2023): -2.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 572, of which 17.8 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km EGP — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.5 km NWFood shop — 5.0 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 (Guillac): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Josselin): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guégon): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Guégon): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Servant): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LIZIO weather station, 8.2 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[12]

The village sits 89 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 9.5 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIZIO, 8.2 km away at 160 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56236/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56236/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56236/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56236/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56236
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
Le Vigean	15	477 km SE	787	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Plounérin	22	105 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelin-sur-Loire	42	550 km E	811	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %
Castanet	12	548 km SE	533	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Paule	22	78 km NW	671	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Leuhan	29	97 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Paule	22	78 km NW	671	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Leuhan	29	97 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Plounérin	22	105 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vigean	15	477 km SE	787	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Castanet	12	548 km SE	533	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Vézelin-sur-Loire	42	550 km E	811	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %

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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-Servant'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
Paule	22	78 km NW	671	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Leuhan	29	97 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Saint	56	80 km W	612	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	118 km E	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lizio	56	5.9 km S	840	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hernin	29	90 km W	753	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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