Audierne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Audierne (INSEE 29003) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Population 3,727 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Esquibien (29052). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29003-audierne
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 5,969 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.02 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.26 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 3 |
| Housing mix | 0.12 | 5 | 0.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LOUARN GILDAS · ADH · BOULANGERIE BALOIN · BREIZH COOK'IN · MAISON TI FORN). [4,5]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BORGNE THIERRY · MAISON CARIOU TRAITEUR). [4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LIDL · DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · BIOCOOP · RAOUL BDS). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (AUDIERNE DISTRIBUTION). [4,5]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA P'TITE FROMAGERIE). [5]
2 × Fishmonger (LA COTRIADE). [4,5]
30 × Restaurant (TUCK TUCK GRILL · M J V · L'ESCALE). [4,5]
7 × Café / bar (LA CAMBUSE · CASA CHUPITO · BAR DE LA MER · QUAI 13). [5]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE LE LEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). [4]
8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURA CIVI, MÉDECIN · RICHARD DESNOT, MÉDECIN · MAUD JULIEN, MÉDECIN · THOMAS DESNOT, MÉDECIN · JEANLIN VIALA, MÉDECIN). [4]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE D AUDIERNE). [4,5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (ESQUIBIEN AP · LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LECTURE ET LOISIRS). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [4]
5 × Swimming pool (MAIRIE). [4]
5 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CAP SIZUN · AGENCE AUDIERNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). [4]
6 × Hairdresser (PICHAVANT MICHELLE · LE GOFF GABRIELLE · LAETITIA RIOU COIFFURE · PROFIL COIFFURE · BRIN DE COIFFURE). [4,5]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]
3 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE LA PLAGE · HÔTEL LE GOYEN · AUBERGE DU CABESTAN). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE KÉRIVOAS). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | LOUARN GILDAS · ADH · BOULANGERIE BALOIN · BREIZH COOK'IN · MAISON TI FORN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | LE BORGNE THIERRY · MAISON CARIOU TRAITEUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | LIDL · DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · BIOCOOP · RAOUL BDS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 1 | AUDIERNE DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA P'TITE FROMAGERIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] |
| Fishmonger | 2 | LA COTRIADE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Restaurant | 30 | TUCK TUCK GRILL · M J V · L'ESCALE | INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 38 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 7 | LA CAMBUSE · CASA CHUPITO · BAR DE LA MER · QUAI 13 | INSEE SIRENE 7 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE LE LEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 8 | LAURA CIVI, MÉDECIN · RICHARD DESNOT, MÉDECIN · MAUD JULIEN, MÉDECIN · THOMAS DESNOT, MÉDECIN · JEANLIN VIALA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 8 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE D AUDIERNE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | ESQUIBIEN AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE LECTURE ET LOISIRS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 5 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 5 [4] |
| Bank | 5 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CAP SIZUN · AGENCE AUDIERNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST | INSEE BPE 5 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | PICHAVANT MICHELLE · LE GOFF GABRIELLE · LAETITIA RIOU COIFFURE · PROFIL COIFFURE · BRIN DE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Hotel | 3 | HÔTEL DE LA PLAGE · HÔTEL LE GOYEN · AUBERGE DU CABESTAN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE KÉRIVOAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday matin autour du port d'Audierne. [6]
Trajectory
Population 3,742 (2012) → 3,727 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 4,657 (1990) → 3,727 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,958, of which 44 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Audierne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Audierne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Audierne): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Audierne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Audierne): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the POULLAN weather station, 12.1 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 2 m. [11]
The village sits 63 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PTE DU RAZ, 14.6 km away at 67 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 65 m above 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 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PLOZEVET, 9.6 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
334 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 200,000 € — 2,054 € per m² of built surface. [12]
158 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 115,500 € — 2,499 € per m². [12]
The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29003/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.audierne.bzh/marches-commerces-et-halles/— “Ils ont lieu tous les samedis et mercredis matin autour du port d'Audierne.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29003/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29003/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29003/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29003
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Porge | 33 | 438 km SE | 3,465 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 % |
| Taninges | 74 | 869 km E | 3,491 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 % |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 17 | 387 km SE | 3,180 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Plaine-sur-Mer | 44 | 202 km SE | 4,760 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 22 | 161 km NE | 3,988 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Tremblade | 17 | 360 km SE | 4,650 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 22 | 161 km NE | 3,988 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Plaine-sur-Mer | 44 | 202 km SE | 4,760 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Tremblade | 17 | 360 km SE | 4,650 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 % |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 17 | 387 km SE | 3,180 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Porge | 33 | 438 km SE | 3,465 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 % |
| Taninges | 74 | 869 km E | 3,491 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Audierne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 22 | 161 km NE | 3,988 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trébeurden | 22 | 110 km NE | 3,821 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plouescat | 29 | 76 km N | 3,554 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plobannalec-Lesconil | 29 | 32 km SE | 3,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouhinec | 29 | 3.8 km E | 3,919 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Clohars-Carnoët | 29 | 75 km E | 4,708 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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