Ploëzal

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22204

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ploëzal (INSEE 22204) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 1,229 (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/22204-ploezal

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,069 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	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.5	10	4.98
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

4 × Restaurant (LE PETIT JAGU · TI-MAD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE TACHEN). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE GENUIST, MÉDECIN · MICHEL AUJOULAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOEZAL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PLOÉZAL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE TINY SALON). ^[3,4]

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

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	LE PETIT JAGU · TI-MAD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE TACHEN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	PASCALE GENUIST, MÉDECIN · MICHEL AUJOULAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	PLOEZAL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PLOÉZAL	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	LE TINY SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,458 2023: 1,229 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,265 (2012) → 1,229 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,232 (1990) → 1,229 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 773, of which 14.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.4 km EPharmacy — 3.5 km SEFood shop — 3.8 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 (Ploëzal): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontrieux): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ploëzal): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pontrieux): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ploëzal): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 13.3▸

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the POMMERIT-JAUDY weather station, 4.6 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POMMERIT-JAUDY, 4.6 km away at 55 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POMMERIT-JAUDY, 4.6 km away at 55 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 — 22204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22250
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
Theizé	69	665 km SE	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Priziac	56	74 km S	1,037	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Courzieu	69	673 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Plouégat-Guérand	29	36 km W	1,050	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Clérey	10	548 km E	1,155	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Régnié-Durette	69	656 km SE	1,151	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plouégat-Guérand	29	36 km W	1,050	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Priziac	56	74 km S	1,037	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Clérey	10	548 km E	1,155	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Régnié-Durette	69	656 km SE	1,151	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Theizé	69	665 km SE	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Courzieu	69	673 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · 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 Ploëzal'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
Plouégat-Guérand	29	36 km W	1,050	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Argol	29	97 km SW	1,065	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tonquédec	22	15 km W	1,201	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bon Repos sur Blavet	22	53 km S	1,248	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Plounévez-Quintin	22	47 km S	1,064	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pleumeur-Gautier	22	11 km N	1,188	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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