Ploulec'h

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté · INSEE 22224

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

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ploulec'h (INSEE 22224) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Population 1,598 (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/22224-ploulec-h

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 11,158 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.64	10	6.38
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (PLAISIR ET GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES PRES DE CHEZ VOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BAIR). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE COADIC ROMAIN · PIBU 22 · CREPERIE LE YAUDET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BEL AIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PLOULEC'H). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFF'ZEN · SANDRINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PLAISIR ET GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES PRES DE CHEZ VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	BAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE COADIC ROMAIN · PIBU 22 · CREPERIE LE YAUDET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BEL AIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PLOULEC'H	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COIFF'ZEN · SANDRINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 673 peak 2012: 1,673 2023: 1,598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,673 (2012) → 1,598 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,404 (1990) → 1,598 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 922, of which 12.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km EFood shop — 1.5 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km EGP — 3.2 km N 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 (Ploulec'h): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ploulec'h): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lannion): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ploulec'h): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ploulec'h): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.3▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LANNION_AERO weather station, 4.9 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LANNION_AERO, 4.9 km away at 85 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LANNION, 4 km away at 65 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 — 22224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22113
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
Melrand	56	87 km S	1,598	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Faverolles-sur-Cher	41	382 km E	1,408	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 51 %
Bruille-Saint-Amand	59	542 km NE	1,698	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault	35	168 km E	1,541	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Arguenon	22	93 km E	2,844	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Jouet-sur-l'Aubois	18	518 km E	1,303	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Melrand	56	87 km S	1,598	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Arguenon	22	93 km E	2,844	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault	35	168 km E	1,541	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Faverolles-sur-Cher	41	382 km E	1,408	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 51 %
Jouet-sur-l'Aubois	18	518 km E	1,303	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Bruille-Saint-Amand	59	542 km NE	1,698	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · 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 Ploulec'h'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
Helfaut	62	468 km NE	1,724	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Uzel	22	69 km SE	1,134	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Warhem	59	498 km NE	2,020	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Donan	22	53 km SE	1,477	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plourhan	22	48 km E	2,155	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plouguernével	22	57 km S	1,601	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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