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Plouisy

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22223

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

Partly served 45.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouisy (INSEE 22223) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 2,007 (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/22223-plouisy

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 9,615 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.72014.09
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture050
Population trend0.66106.6
Housing mix0.9354.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 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) (CO'PAIN DE CAMPAGNE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ILLIEN ERWAN). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE 224 CLUB). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · COURS PRIVE SAINTE-ANNE). [3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COURS STE ANNE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIVIU CLAUDIU DANILA, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

3 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE AGRICOLE KERNILIEN · SALLE POLYVALENTE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (HUET ELIANE · HEL C COIFFER). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1CO'PAIN DE CAMPAGNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2ILLIEN ERWANINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE 224 CLUBINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · COURS PRIVE SAINTE-ANNEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COURS STE ANNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1LIVIU CLAUDIU DANILA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall3LYCEE AGRICOLE KERNILIEN · SALLE POLYVALENTE · COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3HUET ELIANE · HEL C COIFFERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,496 2023: 2,007 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,975 (2012) → 2,007 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,730 (1990) → 2,007 (2023): 16 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,027, of which 3.6 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km SE (Plouisy)Food shop — 1.4 km S (Grâces)Pharmacy — 2.9 km SE (Guingamp)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 1.4 km SPharmacy — 2.9 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 (Plouisy): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Grâces): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Plouisy): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Guingamp): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Plouisy): 0.1 km to the south-east (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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PLOUISY weather station, 2.4 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 14.5 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. [11]

An average of 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PLOUISY, 2.4 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22223/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22223/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22223/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22223/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22223
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22067
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22070
  11. 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-Folquin62463 km NE2,34949.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Warhem59487 km NE2,02043.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Hinges62473 km NE2,48552.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-la-Tour38734 km SE1,99244.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Séreilhac87449 km SE2,00341.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Forest-Landerneau2985 km W2,01839.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Forest-Landerneau2985 km W2,01839.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Séreilhac87449 km SE2,00341.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Folquin62463 km NE2,34949.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hinges62473 km NE2,48552.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Warhem59487 km NE2,02043.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-de-la-Tour38734 km SE1,99244.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · 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 Plouisy'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-Folquin62463 km NE2,34949.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Auchy-lez-Orchies59507 km NE1,59948.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Taupont5688 km SE2,42849Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neulliac5652 km S1,48241.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Brix50159 km NE2,16553.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Spézet2958 km SW1,77444.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %