Dirinon

Finistère · CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas · INSEE 29045

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dirinon (INSEE 29045) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 2,188 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29045-dirinon

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 9,014 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.58	10	5.81
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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]

2 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DU ROUAL · LE MELARIE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN ROUXEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE NONNE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE COAT-MEZ). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC LE BORGNE, MÉDECIN · VINCENT RANNOU, MÉDECIN · GILBERT KERHASCOET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE DIRINON A LA DECOUVERTE DE LA LECTURE). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Gym / sports hall.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE RELAIS DU ROUAL · LE MELARIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN ROUXEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE NONNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE COAT-MEZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ERIC LE BORGNE, MÉDECIN · VINCENT RANNOU, MÉDECIN · GILBERT KERHASCOET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	DIRINON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE DIRINON A LA DECOUVERTE DE LA LECTURE	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	LINEA COIFFURE	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: 1,010 peak 2007: 2,455 2023: 2,188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,385 (2012) → 2,188 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,024 (1990) → 2,188 (2023): 8.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,011, of which 2.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 3.7 km SWBakery — 4.1 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 (Daoulas): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loperhet): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dirinon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loperhet): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dirinon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 16.4▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PENCRAN weather station, 5.6 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 136 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 10.8 km away at 92 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,436 mm of rain a year, spread over 164 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PENCRAN, 5.6 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29045
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
Art-sur-Meurthe	54	776 km E	1,700	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloi	58	582 km E	2,296	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Chamagnieu	38	776 km E	1,822	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Rospez	22	75 km NE	1,794	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beaupuy	47	547 km SE	1,712	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Prouant	85	308 km SE	1,666	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rospez	22	75 km NE	1,794	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Prouant	85	308 km SE	1,666	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Beaupuy	47	547 km SE	1,712	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Éloi	58	582 km E	2,296	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Chamagnieu	38	776 km E	1,822	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Art-sur-Meurthe	54	776 km E	1,700	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 39 % · 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 Dirinon'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
Rospez	22	75 km NE	1,794	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plouguin	29	28 km NW	2,268	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Landrévarzec	29	38 km SE	1,882	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	3.3 km E	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ecques	62	536 km NE	2,181	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Divy	29	7.8 km NW	1,605	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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