Brennilis

Finistère · CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté · INSEE 29018

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brennilis (INSEE 29018) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté. Population 454 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29018-brennilis

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,939 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.34
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TI PLIJUS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS DU YOUDIG · LA CREPAVANE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRENNILIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE ROUX MARTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL NESTAVEL BRAS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TI PLIJUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SAS DU YOUDIG · LA CREPAVANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRENNILIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE ROUX MARTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL NESTAVEL BRAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 760 2023: 454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 461 (2012) → 454 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 454 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 374, of which 29.1 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km SPharmacy — 7.8 km EGP — 7.9 km E 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 (Loqueffret): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brennilis): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Huelgoat): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Huelgoat): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brennilis): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.4

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRENNILIS weather station, 1.4 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 255 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLEYBER-CHRIST SA, 15.8 km away at 147 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 108 m below 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 1,557 mm of rain a year, spread over 172 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRENNILIS, 1.4 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29081
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
Félines-Minervois	34	749 km SE	502	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	42 km NE	447	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Valbonnais	38	838 km SE	520	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	728 km SE	476	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Montmaur	05	855 km SE	532	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rabier	24	520 km SE	538	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	42 km NE	447	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rabier	24	520 km SE	538	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	728 km SE	476	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Félines-Minervois	34	749 km SE	502	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Valbonnais	38	838 km SE	520	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Montmaur	05	855 km SE	532	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · 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 Brennilis'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
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	12 km S	502	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Charchigné	53	254 km E	459	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Longues-sur-Mer	14	255 km NE	585	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Gonneville-sur-Honfleur	14	321 km E	859	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Genêts	50	179 km E	451	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Trébédan	22	124 km E	441	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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