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Plouguiel

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté · INSEE 22221

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouguiel (INSEE 22221) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Population 1,747 (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/22221-plouguiel

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 10,516 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
Social0.822016.42
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.35103.5
Housing mix0.5652.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE MERLE MOQUEUR · CHEZ WOUAM FOOD TRUCK). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE TRISKELL · LE ROCH MELEN DE FAFA). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE GUILLOU-GUYADER, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLOUGUIEL). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LE MERLE MOQUEUR · CHEZ WOUAM FOOD TRUCKINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar4LE TRISKELL · LE ROCH MELEN DE FAFAINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1CHRISTINE GUILLOU-GUYADER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PLOUGUIEL APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLOUGUIELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1L'INSTANTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 2,017 peak 1975: 2,058 2023: 1,747 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,802 (2012) → 1,747 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,056 (1990) → 1,747 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,210, of which 22.1 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.1 km SE (Tréguier)Bakery — 1.2 km SE (Tréguier)Pharmacy — 1.3 km SE (Tréguier)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.1 km SEBakery — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 1.3 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 (Tréguier): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tréguier): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Plouguiel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Tréguier): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Plouguiel): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 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, 6.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 61 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at POMMERIT-JAUDY, 6.2 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, 6.2 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22221/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22221/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22221/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22221/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22362
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22221
  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
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance2295 km E1,62536.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Livet-et-Gavet38806 km SE1,25332.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins56145 km SE1,74533.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Carreuc2258 km SE1,57633.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Meursac17395 km SE1,56339.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Oletta2B1,192 km SE1,78053Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Carreuc2258 km SE1,57633.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance2295 km E1,62536.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins56145 km SE1,74533.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Meursac17395 km SE1,56339.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Livet-et-Gavet38806 km SE1,25332.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Oletta2B1,192 km SE1,78053Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Plouguiel'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
Sibiril2962 km W1,14330.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bodilis2971 km SW1,72335.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Trédrez-Locquémeau2227 km SW1,47843.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guengat29110 km SW1,84640.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Argol29100 km SW1,06549.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ploëzal229.5 km S1,22939.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %