Laurenan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laurenan (INSEE 22122) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 744 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 59 % of the 16,088 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.41 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE QUEVRAN). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LES CREPES ET LES GALETTES DE CRENELEUC · L'ART DES CHOIX). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU NINIAN). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAURENAN). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (GUEGAN DOROTHEE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE QUEVRAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | LES CREPES ET LES GALETTES DE CRENELEUC · L'ART DES CHOIX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU NINIAN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAURENAN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | GUEGAN DOROTHEE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 725 (2012) → 744 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 791 (1990) → 744 (2023): -5.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 502, of which 19.5 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Laurenan): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plémet): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Plémet): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plémet): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Laurenan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MERDRIGNAC weather station, 8.5 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 177 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 17.5 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 58 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 1,033 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PLEMET, 3.4 km away at 168 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
90 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 84,500 € — 642 € 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 — 22122/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22122/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22122/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22122/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22122
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22183
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beugnon-Thireuil | 79 | 236 km SE | 735 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Brignon | 43 | 610 km SE | 617 | 36.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moncrabeau | 47 | 514 km SE | 745 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 88 % |
| Quins | 12 | 580 km SE | 908 | 39.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 % |
| Blond | 87 | 360 km SE | 674 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec | 29 | 98 km W | 641 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec | 29 | 98 km W | 641 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beugnon-Thireuil | 79 | 236 km SE | 735 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blond | 87 | 360 km SE | 674 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moncrabeau | 47 | 514 km SE | 745 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 88 % |
| Quins | 12 | 580 km SE | 908 | 39.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 % |
| Le Brignon | 43 | 610 km SE | 617 | 36.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Laurenan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec | 29 | 98 km W | 641 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Berrien | 29 | 93 km W | 943 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brecé | 53 | 131 km E | 821 | 30.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Kergrist | 56 | 32 km W | 714 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marchésieux | 50 | 143 km NE | 665 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loscouët-sur-Meu | 22 | 22 km E | 659 | 28 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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