Pabu

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22161

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pabu (INSEE 22161) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 2,771 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22161-pabu

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 7,628 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GM CREATION). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA POTERIE · DSC SOFRA-BOUTIQUES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GILLES SERVAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CROISSANT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOIC LE BAQUER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L ARMOR). ^[3,4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DE KERGOZ · LYCEE LE RESTMEUR). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (QUERE ELIANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MILIN KERHE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	GM CREATION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	LA POTERIE · DSC SOFRA-BOUTIQUES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GILLES SERVAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CROISSANT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LOIC LE BAQUER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L ARMOR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	PARC DE KERGOZ · LYCEE LE RESTMEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	QUERE ELIANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MILIN KERHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,739 peak 1982: 2,871 2023: 2,771 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,799 (2012) → 2,771 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,772 (1990) → 2,771 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,371, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SWGP — 2.0 km SWPharmacy — 2.4 km SFood shop — 2.8 km S 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 (Pabu): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Agathon): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pabu): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pabu): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pabu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUISY weather station, 5.7 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 18.1 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOUISY, 5.7 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22272
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
Louvigny	14	211 km E	2,612	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Démouville	14	220 km E	3,035	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Tresserve	73	756 km E	2,909	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Coupvray	77	436 km E	3,066	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Longlaville	54	659 km E	2,377	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nilvange	57	676 km E	4,341	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louvigny	14	211 km E	2,612	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Démouville	14	220 km E	3,035	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Coupvray	77	436 km E	3,066	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Longlaville	54	659 km E	2,377	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nilvange	57	676 km E	4,341	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 57 %
Tresserve	73	756 km E	2,909	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · 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 Pabu'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
Démouville	14	220 km E	3,035	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Famars	59	518 km NE	2,474	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Moult-Chicheboville	14	225 km E	3,441	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cuverville	14	221 km E	2,267	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Auberchicourt	59	500 km NE	4,626	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Wavrechain-sous-Denain	59	511 km NE	1,599	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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