Ploubazlanec
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ploubazlanec (INSEE 22210) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 2,932 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22210-ploubazlanec
Vitality score
Vitality score 51/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 7,256 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.15 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.87 |
| Housing mix | 0.2 | 5 | 1.02 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE PLOUBAZ · BOUL'ANGE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PIERRICK LE BONNIEC). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (LE ROY DAVID · CHEZ SIMON). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT BOCHER · CREPERIE DU PORT · TY T ENCAS · LE MEE DE PORS EVEN · CHARLOTTE O CREPES). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE CABESTAN · LA FREGATE · CHEZ GAUD · LE GALION). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK VIGUIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LOGUIVY DE LA MER AP · PLOUBAZLANEC AP). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS · LYCEE D ENSEIGNEMENT PROFESSIONNEL DE KERSA SAINTE ELISABETH). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DE LAUNAY · BEST WESTERN PLUS LES TERRASSES DE BRÉHAT · HÔTEL RESTAURANT BOCHER · HOTEL DE LA BAIE DE PAIMPOL). [3,4]
4 × Campsite (MAIRIE · CAMPING PANORAMA DU ROHOU · CAMPING DU PAOU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FOURNIL DE PLOUBAZ · BOUL'ANGE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE PIERRICK LE BONNIEC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | LE ROY DAVID · CHEZ SIMON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 6 | HOTEL RESTAURANT BOCHER · CREPERIE DU PORT · TY T ENCAS · LE MEE DE PORS EVEN · CHARLOTTE O CREPES | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE CABESTAN · LA FREGATE · CHEZ GAUD · LE GALION | INSEE SIRENE 4 [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) | 1 | PATRICK VIGUIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LOGUIVY DE LA MER AP · PLOUBAZLANEC AP | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLE DES SPORTS · LYCEE D ENSEIGNEMENT PROFESSIONNEL DE KERSA SAINTE ELISABETH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | L'ATELIER COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 4 | LE RELAIS DE LAUNAY · BEST WESTERN PLUS LES TERRASSES DE BRÉHAT · HÔTEL RESTAURANT BOCHER · HOTEL DE LA BAIE DE PAIMPOL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 4 | MAIRIE · CAMPING PANORAMA DU ROHOU · CAMPING DU PAOU | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday dès 8h et jusqu'à 13h30 place François Mitterrand. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,125 (2012) → 2,932 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,725 (1990) → 2,932 (2023): -21.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,669, of which 39.8 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ploubazlanec): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Ploubazlanec): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Ploubazlanec): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ploubazlanec): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ploubazlanec): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ILE-DE-BREHAT weather station, 6.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 53 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ILE-DE-BREHAT, 6.2 km away at 25 m, over 14 summers. [10]
An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ILE-DE-BREHAT, 6.2 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
267 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 265,000 € — 2,606 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Côtes-d'Armor is 1,539 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22210/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ploubazlanec.bzh/Marche— “Tous les dimanches dès 8h et jusqu'à 13h30”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22210/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22210/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22210/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 22210
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouézec | 22 | 6.6 km SE | 3,147 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plozévet | 29 | 137 km SW | 2,984 | 57.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Penvénan | 22 | 20 km W | 2,584 | 62.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Combrit | 29 | 131 km SW | 4,265 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cornimont | 88 | 734 km E | 3,027 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pleubian | 22 | 9.2 km NW | 2,365 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouézec | 22 | 6.6 km SE | 3,147 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pleubian | 22 | 9.2 km NW | 2,365 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Penvénan | 22 | 20 km W | 2,584 | 62.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Combrit | 29 | 131 km SW | 4,265 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plozévet | 29 | 137 km SW | 2,984 | 57.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cornimont | 88 | 734 km E | 3,027 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · 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 Ploubazlanec'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plozévet | 29 | 137 km SW | 2,984 | 57.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pleubian | 22 | 9.2 km NW | 2,365 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Kerlouan | 29 | 100 km W | 1,999 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Telgruc-sur-Mer | 29 | 117 km SW | 2,167 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camaret-sur-Mer | 29 | 129 km SW | 2,494 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo | 22 | 59 km E | 3,371 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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