Daoulas

Finistère · CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas · INSEE 29043

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

Partly served 51.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Daoulas (INSEE 29043) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 1,864 (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/29043-daoulas

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 10,060 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.64	10	6.37
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LE GOFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CIMEDIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (EN ROUGET NOIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS CREPERIE LA MIGNONNE · YLG). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE VINCENNES). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JOSETTE CORNEC). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE CORNEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES FONTAINES). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC OLIVIER, MÉDECIN · JULIA MORVAN-LAURENT, MÉDECIN · XAVIER BOUTET, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DONOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 2 RIVIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DAOULAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LAGADEC ODETTE · HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX · MELANDYCOIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LE GOFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CIMEDIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	EN ROUGET NOIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SAS CREPERIE LA MIGNONNE · YLG	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE VINCENNES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JOSETTE CORNEC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE CORNEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES FONTAINES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	ERIC OLIVIER, MÉDECIN · JULIA MORVAN-LAURENT, MÉDECIN · XAVIER BOUTET, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DONOU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES 2 RIVIERES	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DAOULAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LAGADEC ODETTE · HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX · MELANDYCOIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday matin place Saint Yves. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,022 2023: 1,864 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,767 (2012) → 1,864 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,640 (1990) → 1,864 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 896, of which 4.6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km SE 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 (Daoulas): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Daoulas): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Daoulas): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Daoulas): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Daoulas): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.2▸

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 10 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PENCRAN weather station, 9.2 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[10]

The village sits 136 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 14 km away at 92 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 82 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,436 mm of rain a year, spread over 164 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PENCRAN, 9.2 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

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 — 29043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://daoulas.bzh/fr/rb/853933/les-marches-6— “Le marché se déroule sur la place Saint Yves toute l'année le dimanche matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29043
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
Neuilly-Saint-Front	02	559 km E	1,943	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Sillery	51	622 km E	1,824	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Neuillé-Pont-Pierre	37	369 km E	2,252	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Kœnigsmacker	57	779 km E	2,224	55.4	Partly served	no figures
Beinheim	67	909 km E	1,883	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 %
Bacqueville-en-Caux	76	415 km NE	1,914	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuillé-Pont-Pierre	37	369 km E	2,252	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bacqueville-en-Caux	76	415 km NE	1,914	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Neuilly-Saint-Front	02	559 km E	1,943	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Sillery	51	622 km E	1,824	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Kœnigsmacker	57	779 km E	2,224	55.4	Partly served	no figures
Beinheim	67	909 km E	1,883	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Daoulas'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
Lanvollon	22	99 km E	1,969	66	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pommerit-le-Vicomte	22	91 km E	1,809	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Plouzévédé	29	28 km NE	1,897	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Quettehou	50	256 km NE	1,811	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Maurice	29	13 km N	1,893	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plouénan	29	36 km NE	2,610	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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