Plestan

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lamballe Terre et Mer · INSEE 22193

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plestan (INSEE 22193) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lamballe Terre et Mer. Population 1,635 (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/22193-plestan

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 11,001 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.52
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CARMORAN LE PENTHIEVRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (PARIS-BREST). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE EUGENE BESNARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLESTAN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLESTAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AU FIL DES ENVIES). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 CARMORAN LE PENTHIEVRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	PARIS-BREST	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE EUGENE BESNARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	PLESTAN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLESTAN	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	1	AU FIL DES ENVIES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 1,317 2023: 1,635 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,539 (2012) → 1,635 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,306 (1990) → 1,635 (2023): 25.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 838, of which 3.6 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NWPharmacy — 6.1 km NWGP — 6.6 km NW 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 (Plestan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noyal): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lamballe-Armor): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lamballe-Armor): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plestan): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.4

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the QUINTENIC weather station, 10.8 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at QUINTENIC, 10.8 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 808 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLESTAN, 4.8 km away at 92 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 — 22193/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22193/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22193/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22193/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22093
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
Cours-de-Pile	24	459 km SE	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Amanlis	35	86 km SE	1,768	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne	35	94 km SE	1,731	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sur-Couesnon	35	76 km E	1,734	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Gahard	35	70 km E	1,523	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud	24	450 km SE	1,795	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gahard	35	70 km E	1,523	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-sur-Couesnon	35	76 km E	1,734	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Amanlis	35	86 km SE	1,768	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne	35	94 km SE	1,731	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud	24	450 km SE	1,795	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Cours-de-Pile	24	459 km SE	1,585	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Plestan'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
Maxent	35	58 km SE	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plémy	22	20 km SW	1,578	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	67 km SE	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Baguer-Morvan	35	51 km E	1,702	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moustoir-Ac	56	69 km SW	1,775	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guengat	29	137 km W	1,846	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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