Bolazec

Identity

Bolazec (INSEE 29012) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté. Population 168 (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/29012-bolazec

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 14,884 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MOJENN). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 186 (2012) → 168 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 168 (2023): -30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 32.7 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plourac'h): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plougras): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guerlesquin): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Guerlesquin): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plourac'h): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CARHAIX weather station, 19.1 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 238 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,374 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SCRIGNAC, 7.1 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 72,000 € — 714 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29012/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29012/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29012/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29012/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22231
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 22217
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29067
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025