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Pléboulle

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Dinan Agglomération · INSEE 22174

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pléboulle (INSEE 22174) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Dinan Agglomération. Population 721 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/22174-pleboulle

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,264 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.51105.14
Housing mix0.4552.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SARL L'ECUME). [4,3]

1 × Café / bar (CHARLY'S RESTAURANT). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLEBOULLE AP). [4]

1 × Campsite (LE FRECHE A L'ANE). [4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant1SARL L'ECUMEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar1CHARLY'S RESTAURANTINSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1PLEBOULLE APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite1LE FRECHE A L'ANEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 780 peak 2017: 862 2023: 721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 730 (2012) → 721 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 711 (1990) → 721 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 524, of which 27.3 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.9 km NW (Fréhel)GP — 2.9 km NW (Fréhel)Primary school — 3.0 km NW (Fréhel)Bakery — 3.1 km NW (Fréhel)Pharmacy — 3.6 km SE (Matignon)
Food shop — 2.9 km NWGP — 2.9 km NWPrimary school — 3.0 km NWBakery — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.6 km SE 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 (Fréhel): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fréhel): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fréhel): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Matignon): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Fréhel): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SAINT-CAST-LE-G weather station, 7.7 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 33 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SAINT-CAST-LE-G, 7.7 km away at 35 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-CAST-LE-G, 7.7 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22174/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22174/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22174/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22174/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22179
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22143
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charencey61227 km E75430.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Lissac-sur-Couze19485 km SE70538.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or25679 km E62536.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Doigt29106 km W69232.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Grilly01683 km E88935.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Nonette-Orsonnette63550 km SE62538Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jean-du-Doigt29106 km W69232.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Charencey61227 km E75430.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Lissac-sur-Couze19485 km SE70538.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Nonette-Orsonnette63550 km SE62538Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or25679 km E62536.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Grilly01683 km E88935.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · 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 Pléboulle'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pôtan226.6 km SE83939.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aure sur Mer14139 km NE69219.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Plélauff2278 km SW71630.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Plévenon225.2 km N75034.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Kerdaniel2251 km W69431.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Carantilly5095 km NE61940.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %