Vivant· Is the village alive?

Dinéault

Finistère · CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay · INSEE 29044

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

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dinéault (INSEE 29044) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 1,853 (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/29044-dineault

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 10,100 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.7106.95
Housing mix0.7353.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BARAMAD). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA PETITE SUPERETTE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant. [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (D'ELFE IN BREIZH). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE DOUGUET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE LE BRAS, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DEBARD). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE DINEAULT). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ET BIEN ETRE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING TALMADENN). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BARAMADINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LA PETITE SUPERETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar2D'ELFE IN BREIZHINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE DOUGUET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1PIERRE LE BRAS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL PHARMACIE DEBARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DINEAULT APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE DINEAULTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFFURE ET BIEN ETREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING TALMADENNINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8h30 à 12h00 sous les halles couvertes, Rue de la Tour d'Auvergne. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,364 peak 2017: 2,168 2023: 1,853 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,746 (2012) → 1,853 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,550 (1990) → 1,853 (2023): 19.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 799, of which 13.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Dinéault): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Dinéault): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Dinéault): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Dinéault): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Dinéault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [10]

Measured at the ST-SEGAL S A weather station, 5.6 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 101 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 5.6 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. [10]

An average of 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 5.6 km away at 89 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29044/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://dineol.fr/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Le marché hebdomadaire de Dinéault se tient tous les samedis matin de 8h30 à 12h00 sous les halles couvertes , Rue de la Tour d'Auvergne.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29044/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29044/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29044/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29044
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plogastel-Saint-Germain2927 km S2,02446.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson30804 km SE1,88753.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Pleucadeuc56143 km E1,86651.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Lantriac43719 km SE1,92156Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Luzech46590 km SE1,75042Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Créhen22149 km E1,67154.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plogastel-Saint-Germain2927 km S2,02446.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Pleucadeuc56143 km E1,86651.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Créhen22149 km E1,67154.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Luzech46590 km SE1,75042Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Lantriac43719 km SE1,92156Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson30804 km SE1,88753.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Dinéault'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Perrier85225 km SE2,28056.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Thaon14296 km NE1,89450.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cérences50215 km E1,85252.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Creully sur Seulles14291 km NE2,26156.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bono56111 km SE2,60858.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Faou298.4 km N1,91162ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %