Cast

Finistère · CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay · INSEE 29025

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cast (INSEE 29025) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 1,570 (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/29025-cast

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 11,293 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (KIG A CAST). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE COUP DE TABAC). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MILLE COULEURS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAMIEN SABLON, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR LOBJEOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NIQUET). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAST AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEANNE LAURENT). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LS COIFFURE CAST). ^[4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	KIG A CAST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE COUP DE TABAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MILLE COULEURS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DAMIEN SABLON, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR LOBJEOIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE NIQUET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CAST AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEANNE LAURENT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LS COIFFURE CAST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday de 9h à 12h place St Hubert. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,615 2023: 1,570 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,600 (2012) → 1,570 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,545 (1990) → 1,570 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 911, of which 9.4 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.0 km S 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 (Quéménéven): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cast): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cast): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cast): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cast): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-SEGAL S A weather station, 8.5 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 8.5 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,373 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at QUEMENEVEN, 6.1 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-cast.com/actualit%C3%A9s-infos-pratiques/commerces-artisans-professionnels/— “Le mardi, de 9h à 12h : marché alimentaire (fruits-légumes, légumes bio, poissonnerie, volailles, porc)”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29025
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
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	400 km NE	1,515	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Varrains	49	322 km E	1,312	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hangest-en-Santerre	80	523 km E	1,027	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	431 km E	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Le Drennec	29	45 km N	1,896	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	209 km E	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Drennec	29	45 km N	1,896	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	209 km E	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Varrains	49	322 km E	1,312	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	400 km NE	1,515	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	431 km E	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Hangest-en-Santerre	80	523 km E	1,027	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · 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 Cast'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 Drennec	29	45 km N	1,896	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plumaudan	22	151 km E	1,421	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Arnèke	59	559 km NE	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Poullan-sur-Mer	29	22 km W	1,453	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Norrent-Fontes	62	545 km NE	1,381	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Canaples	80	508 km NE	705	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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