Plourac'h

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22231

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

Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plourac'h (INSEE 22231) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 351 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/22231-plourac-h

Vitality score

Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,034 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.3	10	3.03
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.5

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (L'EPOPEE DES FLASON). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPOPEE DES FLASON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 742 2023: 351 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 342 (2012) → 351 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 437 (1990) → 351 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 25 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NEFood shop — 4.9 km SGP — 8.6 km EPharmacy — 8.7 km E 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 (Plourac'h): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Carnoët): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Callac): 8.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Callac): 8.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plourac'h): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUAULT weather station, 8.5 km away at 181 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 19.5 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLUSQUELLEC, 2.2 km away at 214 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22231/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22231/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22231/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22231/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22025
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
Saint-Martin-des-Prés	22	45 km E	319	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tamniès	24	525 km SE	414	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Burdignes	42	709 km SE	422	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Miramont-Sensacq	40	591 km SE	342	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 %
Loqueffret	29	26 km SW	336	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Heugnes	36	402 km E	380	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loqueffret	29	26 km SW	336	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-des-Prés	22	45 km E	319	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Heugnes	36	402 km E	380	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %
Tamniès	24	525 km SE	414	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Miramont-Sensacq	40	591 km SE	342	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 %
Burdignes	42	709 km SE	422	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · 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 Plourac'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
Saint-Martin-des-Prés	22	45 km E	319	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Loqueffret	29	26 km SW	336	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron	56	95 km E	308	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Levaré	53	194 km E	269	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Berthevin-la-Tannière	53	192 km E	308	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Feuillie	50	173 km NE	302	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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