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Le Vieux-Marché

Côtes-d'Armor · CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté · INSEE 22387

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vieux-Marché (INSEE 22387) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CA Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Population 1,299 (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/22387-le-vieux-marche

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 12,699 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.59105.94
Housing mix0.6553.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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) (BARA MAD). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EN K D'BESOIN). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FRED PIZZA). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MARCHOIS). [4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIN BARRET, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE MELOT, MÉDECIN · HERMINE LE DAUPHIN, MÉDECIN · LUCAS LAIZIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE VIEUX MARCHE AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DU VIEUX MARCHÉ). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA FAVELA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BARA MADINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1EN K D'BESOININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1FRED PIZZAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE MARCHOISINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4MARIN BARRET, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE MELOT, MÉDECIN · HERMINE LE DAUPHIN, MÉDECIN · LUCAS LAIZIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LE VIEUX MARCHE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DU VIEUX MARCHÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LA FAVELAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 1,469 2023: 1,299 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,306 (2012) → 1,299 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,187 (1990) → 1,299 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 804, of which 17.5 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.6 km W (Le Vieux-Marché)Pharmacy — 1.7 km W (Plouaret)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km WPharmacy — 1.7 km W 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 (Le Vieux-Marché): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Vieux-Marché): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Vieux-Marché): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Plouaret): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Vieux-Marché): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LOUARGAT weather station, 8.2 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 120 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LOUARGAT, 8.2 km away at 148 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 1,043 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LE VIEUX-MARCHE, 0.8 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22387/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22387/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22387/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22387/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22387
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22207
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pleumeur-Gautier2231 km NE1,18849.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Limerzel56135 km SE1,37046.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lanvénégen5668 km S1,14535Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Dangeau28353 km E1,25938.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gagnières30752 km SE1,10245.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Chambourg-sur-Indre37366 km SE1,26541.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pleumeur-Gautier2231 km NE1,18849.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lanvénégen5668 km S1,14535Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Limerzel56135 km SE1,37046.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dangeau28353 km E1,25938.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chambourg-sur-Indre37366 km SE1,26541.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Gagnières30752 km SE1,10245.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Le Vieux-Marché'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
Hirel35121 km E1,38245.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Cherrueix35128 km E1,10845.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Maël-Carhaix2236 km S1,49746.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Guyomard56115 km SE1,46846.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hanvec2961 km SW2,02548.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Priziac5661 km S1,03747.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %