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Runan

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat · INSEE 22269

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

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Runan (INSEE 22269) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Population 245 (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/22269-runan

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,145 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.58105.79
Housing mix0.4952.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RUNANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 276 2023: 245 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 241 (2012) → 245 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 245 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 25.7 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.6 km N (Ploëzal)GP — 3.7 km E (Pontrieux)Pharmacy — 3.8 km E (Pontrieux)Food shop — 4.2 km E (Pontrieux)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NGP — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km EFood shop — 4.2 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 (Ploëzal): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pontrieux): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pontrieux): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pontrieux): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Runan): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]

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. [11]

Measured at the POMMERIT-JAUDY weather station, 5.9 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 99 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at POMMERIT-JAUDY, 5.9 km away at 55 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at POMMERIT-JAUDY, 5.9 km away at 55 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 — 22269/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22269/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22269/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22269/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22204
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22250
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22269
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Darnets19543 km SE30325.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cierge-la-Serre07742 km SE24336.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-sur-Amance52659 km E25524Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Cerzat43642 km SE22019.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne73807 km SE22018.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Gumières42648 km SE32527.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Darnets19543 km SE30325.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Cerzat43642 km SE22019.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Gumières42648 km SE32527.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Varennes-sur-Amance52659 km E25524Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cierge-la-Serre07742 km SE24336.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne73807 km SE22018.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 11 % · 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 Runan'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
Hervelinghen62429 km NE21519.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Tréduder2226 km W21014No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa59461 km NE28718.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Grâce-Uzel2259 km SE42327.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Eloy2976 km SW22018.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Tréouergat29104 km W32322.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %