Plussulien

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22244

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plussulien (INSEE 22244) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 520 (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/22244-plussulien

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,720 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.72
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'EDEN). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE PLUSSULIEN). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	L'EDEN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE PLUSSULIEN	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	1	MAIRIE DE PLUSSULIEN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 761 2023: 520 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 508 (2012) → 520 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 596 (1990) → 520 (2023): -12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 362, of which 19.6 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NGP — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Plussulien): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corlay): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corlay): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corlay): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Plussulien): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CAUREL-EDF weather station, 8.5 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 213 m. ^[10]

The village sits 63 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at KERPERT, 14.6 km away at 281 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-IGEAUX, 2.8 km away at 205 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 — 22244/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22244/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22244/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22244/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22047
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
Trégrom	22	43 km NW	464	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Eyburie	19	476 km SE	486	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	625 km SE	518	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %
Plouyé	29	49 km W	687	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montaillé	72	283 km E	516	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	438 km SE	458	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trégrom	22	43 km NW	464	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Plouyé	29	49 km W	687	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montaillé	72	283 km E	516	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	438 km SE	458	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Eyburie	19	476 km SE	486	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	625 km SE	518	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %

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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 Plussulien'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
Plouyé	29	49 km W	687	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Duault	22	29 km W	385	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Merléac	22	13 km E	481	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marchésieux	50	165 km NE	665	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sacey	50	122 km E	508	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faouët	22	45 km N	412	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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