La Vraie-Croix

Morbihan · CC Questembert Communauté · INSEE 56261

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

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Vraie-Croix (INSEE 56261) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Questembert Communauté. Population 1,495 (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/56261-la-vraie-croix

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 11,662 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.9	10	9
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

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) (LA MIE DU PARADIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE DAIN JACQUES · RELAIS DE LA VRAIE CROIX · FLEUR D'AUBEPINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BREIZH PUB CAFE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES QUATRE SAISONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ODILE MAHE-DUPRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA VRAIE CROIX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA VRAIE-CROIX). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'AUDREY). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE DU PARADIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LE DAIN JACQUES · RELAIS DE LA VRAIE CROIX · FLEUR D'AUBEPINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BREIZH PUB CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES QUATRE SAISONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ODILE MAHE-DUPRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LA VRAIE CROIX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA VRAIE-CROIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LES CISEAUX D'AUDREY	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 666 2023: 1,495 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,382 (2012) → 1,495 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,068 (1990) → 1,495 (2023): 40 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 731, of which 7.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.7 km SW 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 (Sulniac): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Vraie-Croix): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Vraie-Croix): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sulniac): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Vraie-Croix): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the QUESTEMBERT weather station, 6.8 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VANNES-MEUCON, 14.2 km away at 132 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,187 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ELVEN, 5.6 km away at 88 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 — 56261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56247
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56261
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 Séauve-sur-Semène	43	585 km SE	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Moussac	30	667 km SE	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Lédenon	30	689 km SE	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Hermonville	51	509 km NE	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pernay	37	230 km E	1,609	50	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	325 km E	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pernay	37	230 km E	1,609	50	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	325 km E	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Hermonville	51	509 km NE	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	585 km SE	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Moussac	30	667 km SE	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Lédenon	30	689 km SE	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %

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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 La Vraie-Croix'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
Hermonville	51	509 km NE	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Longnes	78	335 km NE	1,601	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Choisy-en-Brie	77	443 km E	1,354	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Longueau	60	421 km NE	1,449	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Trinité-Surzur	56	10 km S	1,678	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré	78	349 km E	1,689	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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