Bourg-Blanc
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bourg-Blanc (INSEE 29015) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 3,573 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
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/29015-bourg-blanc
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 6,184 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.22 | 20 | 4.42 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 7.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BIAN FAMILY). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
1 × Supermarket. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA CAVERNE DE MERLIN). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT YVES). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BOURG-BLANC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT YVES - NOTRE DAME). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE BEGOC-KERLOC'H, MÉDECIN · THOMAS BOTTEMINE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PHILIPPE PAN, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU TOURRES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOURG BLANC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURG BLANC AP). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE JEAN MARIE BLEUNVEN · ESPACE FRANCOIS CHARRETEUR). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (NC COIFFURE · ART DE LA COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Hairdresser.
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 | BIAN FAMILY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LA CAVERNE DE MERLIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE SAINT YVES | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE BOURG-BLANC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT YVES - NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CAROLINE BEGOC-KERLOC'H, MÉDECIN · THOMAS BOTTEMINE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PHILIPPE PAN, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU TOURRES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE BOURG BLANC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BOURG BLANC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLE JEAN MARIE BLEUNVEN · ESPACE FRANCOIS CHARRETEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | NC COIFFURE · ART DE LA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 3,402 (2012) → 3,573 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,971 (1990) → 3,573 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,514, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bourg-Blanc): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bourg-Blanc): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Bourg-Blanc): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Bourg-Blanc): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bourg-Blanc): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BREST-GUIPAVAS weather station, 9.9 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 61 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 9.9 km away at 92 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,246 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 9.9 km away at 92 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29015/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29015/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29015/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29015/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29015
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échiré | 79 | 387 km SE | 3,549 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 818 km E | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 280 km SE | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 % |
| Derval | 44 | 230 km SE | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 % |
| Troarn | 14 | 325 km E | 3,439 | 46.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 130 km E | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 130 km E | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Derval | 44 | 230 km SE | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 % |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 280 km SE | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 % |
| Troarn | 14 | 325 km E | 3,439 | 46.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Échiré | 79 | 387 km SE | 3,549 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 818 km E | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Bourg-Blanc'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploudaniel | 29 | 15 km E | 3,732 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes | 35 | 192 km E | 4,720 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 22 | 111 km E | 3,974 | 61.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caumont-sur-Aure | 14 | 279 km E | 2,431 | 60 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Offranville | 76 | 432 km NE | 3,242 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pluguffan | 29 | 63 km SE | 4,223 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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