Locarn
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Locarn (INSEE 22128) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). Population 434 (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 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % of the 17,940 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.55 | 5 | 2.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU CORONG). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 | 1 | LE RELAIS DU CORONG | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | 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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 459 (2012) → 434 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 525 (1990) → 434 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 407, of which 22.6 % second homes and 23.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Trébrivan): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Trébrivan): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Maël-Carhaix): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Maël-Carhaix): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Locarn): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DUAULT weather station, 5.1 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 178 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROSTRENEN, 14.1 km away at 236 m, over 20 summers. [11]
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. [11]
An average of 1,076 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LOCARN, 4 km away at 161 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22344
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22137
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22128
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertric-Burée | 24 | 442 km SE | 445 | 30.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châtel-en-Trièves | 38 | 803 km SE | 491 | 32.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chartrier-Ferrière | 19 | 518 km SE | 373 | 28.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anzy-le-Duc | 71 | 606 km E | 419 | 23.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Taussac | 12 | 604 km SE | 504 | 22.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tauriac-de-Naucelle | 12 | 641 km SE | 398 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertric-Burée | 24 | 442 km SE | 445 | 30.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chartrier-Ferrière | 19 | 518 km SE | 373 | 28.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Taussac | 12 | 604 km SE | 504 | 22.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anzy-le-Duc | 71 | 606 km E | 419 | 23.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tauriac-de-Naucelle | 12 | 641 km SE | 398 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 100 % |
| Châtel-en-Trièves | 38 | 803 km SE | 491 | 32.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · 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 Locarn'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Berthevin-la-Tannière | 53 | 183 km E | 308 | 20.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Argenvilliers | 28 | 324 km E | 310 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont | 53 | 201 km E | 440 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort | 61 | 280 km E | 370 | 25.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val-de-Vie | 14 | 274 km E | 502 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombiers-du-Plessis | 53 | 191 km E | 482 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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