Maël-Pestivien

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22138

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maël-Pestivien (INSEE 22138) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 362 (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 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,059 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.2	10	2.04
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CORNEMUSE · TERRE ET MERVEILLES / DOUAR HA MARVAILHOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BARA MEL). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAËL-PESTIVIEN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	LA CORNEMUSE · TERRE ET MERVEILLES / DOUAR HA MARVAILHOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BARA MEL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAËL-PESTIVIEN	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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 800 2023: 362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 362 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 362 (2023): -29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 36 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km SFood shop — 8.0 km SEPharmacy — 9.9 km WGP — 10.0 km W 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 (Peumerit-Quintin): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lanrivain): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Callac): 10 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Callac): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Maël-Pestivien): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.5

Days at or below 0 °C 45.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DUAULT weather station, 9.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[12]

The village sits 113 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at KERPERT, 11 km away at 281 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,213 mm of rain a year, spread over 161 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAEL-PESTIVIEN-EDF, 2.8 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22138
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
Alrance	12	660 km SE	335	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	497 km SE	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	721 km SE	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Azerat	24	493 km SE	463	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Rencurel	38	761 km SE	358	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Junhac	15	600 km SE	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Azerat	24	493 km SE	463	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	497 km SE	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Junhac	15	600 km SE	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Alrance	12	660 km SE	335	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	721 km SE	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Rencurel	38	761 km SE	358	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Maël-Pestivien'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
Gluiras	07	715 km SE	366	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fraisse-sur-Agout	34	710 km SE	319	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Laprugne	03	595 km SE	308	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux	15	604 km SE	217	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Tugdual	56	33 km S	376	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Séglien	56	34 km S	673	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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