Sainte-Anne-d'Auray

Morbihan · CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique · INSEE 56263

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

Served 72.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (INSEE 56263) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Population 2,889 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56263-sainte-anne-d-auray

Vitality score

Vitality score 72.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 7,333 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAINS EN FOLIE · MAISON EFFRAY · LES GATEAUX DE REJANE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES BOUCHEES D'ALEXANDRE · C LE LAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RANDA). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (WOO CHEE · AR BILIC · LA SCALA · TOTO'S · LES GATEAUX DE REJANE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (O'ATAO · LE STANN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CHEVAL BLANC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE STE ANNE). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · JEROME LE COZ, MÉDECIN · CELINE BONNAURE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE METAY, MÉDECIN · LAUREEN BARBIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER LE MANAC H). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYL'COIFFURE · LE SALON DE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (MAISONS GLENN ANNA - HÔTEL L'AUBERG'INE · HOTEL KARA). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOTTEN). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PAINS EN FOLIE · MAISON EFFRAY · LES GATEAUX DE REJANE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	LES BOUCHEES D'ALEXANDRE · C LE LAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RANDA	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	5	WOO CHEE · AR BILIC · LA SCALA · TOTO'S · LES GATEAUX DE REJANE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	O'ATAO · LE STANN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CHEVAL BLANC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	CECILE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · JEROME LE COZ, MÉDECIN · CELINE BONNAURE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE METAY, MÉDECIN · LAUREEN BARBIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FORGES	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER LE MANAC H	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	STYL'COIFFURE · LE SALON DE MATHILDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	MAISONS GLENN ANNA - HÔTEL L'AUBERG'INE · HOTEL KARA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOTTEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday 8h30 - 12h30 place Nicolazic (en face de la mairie). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,405 2023: 2,889 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,576 (2012) → 2,889 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,630 (1990) → 2,889 (2023): 77.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,328, of which 3.5 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km S 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 (Sainte-Anne-d'Auray): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sainte-Anne-d'Auray): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Anne-d'Auray): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Anne-d'Auray): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Anne-d'Auray): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.9

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AURAY weather station, 5.2 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VANNES-MEUCON, 16.8 km away at 132 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 83 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AURAY, 5.2 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56263/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.sainte-anne-auray.com/le-marche/— “Mercredi matin de 8h30 à 12h30, place Nicolazic (en face de la mairie) Samedi matin de 8h30 à 12h30, place Nicolazic (en face de la mairie).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56263/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56263/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56263/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56263
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
Mouchamps	85	176 km SE	3,015	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jarzé Villages	49	204 km E	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
La Planche	44	137 km SE	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Domineuc	35	109 km NE	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures
Chauvé	44	95 km SE	3,070	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Briollay	49	184 km E	3,225	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chauvé	44	95 km SE	3,070	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Domineuc	35	109 km NE	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures
La Planche	44	137 km SE	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mouchamps	85	176 km SE	3,015	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Briollay	49	184 km E	3,225	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Jarzé Villages	49	204 km E	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · 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 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray'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
Sens-de-Bretagne	35	126 km NE	2,592	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-d'Olonne	85	155 km SE	2,802	64.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Brévelay	56	23 km NE	2,869	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Taulé	29	122 km NW	2,914	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Esquelbecq	59	526 km NE	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sizun	29	115 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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