Le Faou

Finistère · CC Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime · INSEE 29053

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

Served 62/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Faou (INSEE 29053) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime. Population 1,911 (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/29053-le-faou

Vitality score

Vitality score 62/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 9,892 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.87	20	17.47
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.56
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LA BOULANGERIE GUEGUEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES FAOU DE VRAC · LE PANIER DE MAMOUNETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (RAMONET). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE MARTHO). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (CREPERIE L'ESTRAN · LA FREGATE · AU FAOU DE CREPES · LES HALLES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR LA TERRASSE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU FAOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE TREBAOL, MÉDECIN · MARION GUYADER, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LEMETAIS, MÉDECIN · BRIEUX LONGÉPÉ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE FAOU RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LE FAOU · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL LE FAOU · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CHEVAILLIER ULRICH · L'EFFET NATURE · MG LE SALON · RETRO COLOR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE MON VILLAGE DE LE FAOU). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE GUEGUEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LES FAOU DE VRAC · LE PANIER DE MAMOUNETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	RAMONET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE MARTHO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	CREPERIE L'ESTRAN · LA FREGATE · AU FAOU DE CREPES · LES HALLES	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR LA TERRASSE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU FAOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	SOPHIE LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE TREBAOL, MÉDECIN · MARION GUYADER, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LEMETAIS, MÉDECIN · BRIEUX LONGÉPÉ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE FAOU RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE NATHALIE LE MEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LE FAOU · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL LE FAOU · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	CHEVAILLIER ULRICH · L'EFFET NATURE · MG LE SALON · RETRO COLOR	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE RELAIS DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE MON VILLAGE DE LE FAOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,636 2023: 1,911 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,714 (2012) → 1,911 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,522 (1990) → 1,911 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,074, of which 7.5 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.1 km NW 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 Faou): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Faou): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Faou): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hôpital-Camfrout): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Faou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.1

Days at or below 0 °C 23.4

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-SEGAL S A weather station, 10 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[10]

The village sits 78 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 ST-SEGAL S A, 10 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 78 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 1,256 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at HANVEC, 5.1 km away at 98 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 — 29053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29080
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-Symphorien-de-Lay	42	686 km E	1,979	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Cérences	50	213 km E	1,852	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Beaune-la-Rolande	45	490 km E	1,992	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Bonny-sur-Loire	45	529 km E	1,870	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %
Vaucouleurs	55	726 km E	1,906	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Brezolles	28	389 km E	1,785	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cérences	50	213 km E	1,852	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Brezolles	28	389 km E	1,785	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Beaune-la-Rolande	45	490 km E	1,992	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Bonny-sur-Loire	45	529 km E	1,870	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay	42	686 km E	1,979	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Vaucouleurs	55	726 km E	1,906	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 20 % · 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 Le Faou'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
Caulnes	22	150 km E	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Josselin	56	127 km E	2,584	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lanvollon	22	96 km NE	1,969	66	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	229 km NE	2,114	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouin	85	220 km SE	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Thaon	14	293 km NE	1,894	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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