Uzel

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22384

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

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Uzel (INSEE 22384) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 1,134 (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/22384-uzel

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 13,579 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	0.78	20	15.54
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.7	10	7.03
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (AU FOURNIL DU LIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BIENVENUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES CREPES GALETTES DE L'OUEST · CHEZ FULGENCE · LE PATIO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE F BIENVENUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SALVADOR CAYUELA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (UZEL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UZEL). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CA). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHEZ MICHELLE · LE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DU LIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BIENVENUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	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	3	LES CREPES GALETTES DE L'OUEST · CHEZ FULGENCE · LE PATIO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE F BIENVENUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SALVADOR CAYUELA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	UZEL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UZEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE OMNISPORTS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CHEZ MICHELLE · LE SALON	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 899 2023: 1,134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,113 (2012) → 1,134 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 943 (1990) → 1,134 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 620, of which 7.1 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.3 km NEPharmacy — 9.9 km S 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 (Uzel): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Uzel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Uzel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Caradec): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Uzel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUGUENAST weather station, 7 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 222 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 7 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at UZEL, 0.5 km away at 203 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 — 22384/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22384/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22384/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22384/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22384
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22279
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
La Pacaudière	42	558 km E	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Bairon et ses environs	08	572 km E	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 38 %
Lamure-sur-Azergues	69	606 km E	1,048	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Savigné	86	336 km SE	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	401 km SE	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Piégut-Pluviers	24	399 km SE	1,180	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigné	86	336 km SE	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Piégut-Pluviers	24	399 km SE	1,180	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	401 km SE	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
La Pacaudière	42	558 km E	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Bairon et ses environs	08	572 km E	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 38 %
Lamure-sur-Azergues	69	606 km E	1,048	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Uzel'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
Thérouanne	62	452 km NE	1,146	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nielles-lès-Bléquin	62	441 km NE	902	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guerlesquin	29	61 km NW	1,285	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hambye	50	138 km NE	1,072	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Plouezoc'h	29	83 km NW	1,646	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arzano	29	61 km SW	1,441	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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