Coat-Méal

Finistère · CC du Pays des Abers · INSEE 29035

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coat-Méal (INSEE 29035) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 1,133 (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/29035-coat-meal

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 13,575 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	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE SOT LY LEIZH). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GALAAD). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PENN AR C'HOAT). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AD'COAT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	LE SOT LY LEIZH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GALAAD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PENN AR C'HOAT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE LA FONTAINE	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	AD'COAT	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	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: 456 2023: 1,133 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,057 (2012) → 1,133 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 669 (1990) → 1,133 (2023): 69.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 1.8 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km EFood shop — 3.0 km EGP — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.1 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 (Bourg-Blanc): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourg-Blanc): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bourg-Blanc): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourg-Blanc): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coat-Méal): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 6.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUDALMEZEAU weather station, 9.9 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 9.9 km away at 40 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 9.9 km away at 40 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 — 29035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29035
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-des-Tilleuls	85	312 km SE	1,150	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Billy-sur-Aisne	02	587 km E	1,130	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Antran	86	423 km SE	1,148	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	428 km E	1,101	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Longèves	17	369 km SE	1,052	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Allériot	71	735 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls	85	312 km SE	1,150	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Longèves	17	369 km SE	1,052	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Antran	86	423 km SE	1,148	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	428 km E	1,101	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-sur-Aisne	02	587 km E	1,130	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Allériot	71	735 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 31 % · 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 Coat-Méal'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
Caouënnec-Lanvézéac	22	89 km E	899	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Languenan	22	178 km E	1,170	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plourin	29	11 km W	1,268	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	26 km SE	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Martyre	29	29 km E	751	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Subles	14	289 km E	690	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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