Kerien
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Kerien (INSEE 22088) 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/22088-kerien
Vitality score
Vitality score 16.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 37 % 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (KERIEN AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | KERIEN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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
Population 274 (2012) → 245 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 287 (1990) → 245 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 25.1 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lanrivain): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lanrivain): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the KERPERT weather station, 5 km away at 281 m; the village itself is at 258 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at KERPERT, 5 km away at 281 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,098 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LANRIVAIN, 4.6 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 80,000 € — 787 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Côtes-d'Armor is 1,539 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22088/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22088/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22088/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22088/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22321
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22115
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azat-le-Ris | 87 | 396 km SE | 241 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pommiers | 36 | 421 km SE | 237 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chassy | 18 | 477 km E | 233 | 20.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chirac-Bellevue | 19 | 531 km SE | 272 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trivy | 71 | 621 km E | 261 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nouziers | 23 | 446 km SE | 245 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azat-le-Ris | 87 | 396 km SE | 241 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pommiers | 36 | 421 km SE | 237 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Nouziers | 23 | 446 km SE | 245 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chassy | 18 | 477 km E | 233 | 20.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chirac-Bellevue | 19 | 531 km SE | 272 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trivy | 71 | 621 km E | 261 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · 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 Kerien'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérillac | 22 | 62 km E | 249 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Madré | 53 | 209 km E | 280 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Mesnil-Garnier | 50 | 150 km E | 220 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouzélambre | 22 | 37 km NW | 198 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Connec | 22 | 32 km SE | 258 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gildas | 22 | 16 km E | 248 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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