Bégard

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22004

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

Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bégard (INSEE 22004) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 4,889 (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/22004-begard

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 4,791 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	0.44	25	11.07
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.5	10	4.97
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MOEL · BOULANGERIE PESTEL · LE PETRIN GOURMAND · LES GALLO'PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA MAISON DU COCHON). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (PORICE · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (EURL OZGUR KEBAB · BREIZH IZEL · LE BEGARD · L'ASIE). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LA BEGARROISE · LE BLACK PEARL · BAR DE L'AVENIR · LE CENTRAL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ANNE-LEROY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS CLECH). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS CHAPUIS, MÉDECIN · ERWAN AUFFRET, MÉDECIN · MELANIE FAUVEAU, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE BOURDON-RIO, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE QUENAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE EVEN LE BELLEC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LA PAGE EN COURS). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS · GYMNASE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Bank (C.C.M. BEGARD · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DES COTES D'ARMOR). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (PHENOMECHE · LAITI COIFF' · ROLCASI · L'ATELIER DE JUSTYLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LA POMME D'OR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU COLOMBIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	BOULANGERIE MOEL · BOULANGERIE PESTEL · LE PETRIN GOURMAND · LES GALLO'PAINS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA MAISON DU COCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	PORICE · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	EURL OZGUR KEBAB · BREIZH IZEL · LE BEGARD · L'ASIE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LA BEGARROISE · LE BLACK PEARL · BAR DE L'AVENIR · LE CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BEGARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ANNE-LEROY	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FRANCOIS CLECH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	FRANCOIS CHAPUIS, MÉDECIN · ERWAN AUFFRET, MÉDECIN · MELANIE FAUVEAU, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE BOURDON-RIO, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE QUENAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE EVEN LE BELLEC	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 LA PAGE EN COURS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE OMNISPORTS · GYMNASE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	C.C.M. BEGARD · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DES COTES D'ARMOR	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	5	PHENOMECHE · LAITI COIFF' · ROLCASI · L'ATELIER DE JUSTYLE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LA POMME D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DU COLOMBIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 4,976 peak 1982: 5,180 2023: 4,889 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,803 (2012) → 4,889 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,906 (1990) → 4,889 (2023): -0.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,590, of which 5.5 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 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 (Bégard): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bégard): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bégard): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bégard): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bégard): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOUISY weather station, 10.4 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 10.4 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

An average of 996 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CAVAN, 5.9 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22004
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
Salbris	41	420 km E	4,809	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 70 %
Pignans	83	944 km SE	4,838	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-Médoc	33	430 km SE	4,914	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Saverdun	09	708 km SE	4,808	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Castelnau-de-Médoc	33	444 km SE	4,907	61.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis	17	332 km SE	4,677	51	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis	17	332 km SE	4,677	51	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Salbris	41	420 km E	4,809	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Laurent-Médoc	33	430 km SE	4,914	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Castelnau-de-Médoc	33	444 km SE	4,907	61.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Saverdun	09	708 km SE	4,808	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Pignans	83	944 km SE	4,838	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bégard'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 Bouëxière	35	146 km E	4,667	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	35	126 km SE	4,738	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Plœuc-L'Hermitage	22	51 km SE	4,103	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Goven	35	128 km SE	4,359	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné	35	132 km E	4,304	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gilles	35	121 km SE	5,576	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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