Paule

Identity

Paule (INSEE 22163) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). Population 671 (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/22163-paule

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,584 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (LA PIE'ZERIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PAULE BREIZH MARKET RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE PAULE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 724 (2012) → 671 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 671 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 460, of which 17.2 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plévin): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Glomel): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Glomel): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Maël-Carhaix): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Paule): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROSTRENEN weather station, 11 km away at 236 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[12]

The village sits 61 m below 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROSTRENEN, 11 km away at 236 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,130 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROSTRENEN, 11 km away at 236 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22163/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22163/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22163/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22163/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22202
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22061
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22137
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22163
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024