Le Cloître-Pleyben

Finistère · CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay · INSEE 29033

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Cloître-Pleyben (INSEE 29033) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 502 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,778 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.8
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU CLOITRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX DIX RAISONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES LUTINS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE CLOITRE PLEYBEN RP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	L'EPICERIE DU CLOITRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	AUX DIX RAISONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES LUTINS	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	LE CLOITRE PLEYBEN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 791 2023: 502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 576 (2012) → 502 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 502 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 343, of which 14.6 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km EFood shop — 4.8 km EGP — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Plonévez-du-Faou): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plonévez-du-Faou): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plonévez-du-Faou): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plonévez-du-Faou): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Cloître-Pleyben): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 23.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLONEVEZ-DU-FAOU weather station, 4.1 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SPEZET, 15.1 km away at 138 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,208 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLONEVEZ-DU-FAOU, 4.1 km away at 163 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29033
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
Valeyrac	33	391 km SE	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Lessac	16	422 km SE	549	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	657 km E	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	662 km SE	559	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	543 km E	413	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 45 %
Tournemire	12	714 km SE	413	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valeyrac	33	391 km SE	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Lessac	16	422 km SE	549	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	543 km E	413	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	657 km E	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	662 km SE	559	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Tournemire	12	714 km SE	413	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Cloître-Pleyben'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
Beussent	62	484 km NE	546	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Séglin	35	147 km E	610	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Parennes	72	275 km E	444	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marais-Vernier	27	343 km NE	469	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Longues-sur-Mer	14	263 km NE	585	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bouquelon	27	345 km NE	470	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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