Calanhel

Identity

Calanhel (INSEE 22024) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 245 (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/22024-calanhel

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,145 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CALANHEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CALANHEL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 225 (2012) → 245 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 245 (2023): -23 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 17.8 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plourac'h): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Callac): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Callac): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Callac): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Calanhel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUAULT weather station, 7.6 km away at 181 m; the village itself is at 245 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 15 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 97 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLUSQUELLEC, 4.7 km away at 214 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22024/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22024/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22024/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22024/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22231
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22025
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22024
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024