Le Drennec

Finistère · CC du Pays des Abers · INSEE 29047

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Drennec (INSEE 29047) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 1,896 (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/29047-le-drennec

Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 9,948 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.86
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GUYDEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON CHAPELAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ADRIEN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURE FONT, MÉDECIN · ORIANE KERBOURC'H, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL ZEBRA 3 PHARMA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LE DRENNEC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GUYDEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON CHAPELAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ADRIEN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURE FONT, MÉDECIN · ORIANE KERBOURC'H, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL ZEBRA 3 PHARMA	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	LE DRENNEC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LE DRENNEC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 974 2023: 1,896 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,782 (2012) → 1,896 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,599 (1990) → 1,896 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 826, of which 1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Le Drennec): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Drennec): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Drennec): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Drennec): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Drennec): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOUDANIEL-INRAE weather station, 4.7 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 4.7 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,142 mm of rain a year, spread over 163 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 4.7 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29047
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
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	231 km E	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	402 km E	1,515	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetoire	62	539 km NE	1,970	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Étival-lès-le-Mans	72	336 km E	1,826	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Grandfresnoy	60	521 km E	1,829	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny en Rochereau	86	395 km SE	1,878	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	231 km E	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Étival-lès-le-Mans	72	336 km E	1,826	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny en Rochereau	86	395 km SE	1,878	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	402 km E	1,515	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Grandfresnoy	60	521 km E	1,829	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetoire	62	539 km NE	1,970	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · 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 Le Drennec'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
Godewaersvelde	59	564 km NE	2,024	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Edern	29	56 km SE	2,186	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Arnèke	59	551 km NE	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Plounéventer	29	12 km E	2,251	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Boeschepe	59	567 km NE	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Romagné	35	229 km E	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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