La Forêt-Fouesnant

Finistère · CC du Pays Fouesnantais · INSEE 29057

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

Partly served 55.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Forêt-Fouesnant (INSEE 29057) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays Fouesnantais. Population 3,508 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 55.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 6,269 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	8.4
Social	0.81	20	16.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.52	10	5.24
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.98	10	9.81
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.17

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 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LA FORET · ELMA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE L'AOD). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · LES VINS DU GLOBE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (LES POISSONS DE NICOLAS). ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU VIEUX PORT · LE NIVEZ GILBERT · L'ESCALE · LA NAPOLITAINE · CREPERIE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE MUTIN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ENCRE MARINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME D'IZEL VOR). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE HUGOT, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE CARDUNER, MÉDECIN · SIXTINE CHAPMAN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-FRANCOIS BELZ, MÉDECIN · FABRICE TREBERN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FORET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE KERLEVEN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CS COURTAGE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (LE BORGNE DOMINIQUE · LE SALON DE JUSTINE · LA SUITE HAIR CONCEPT STORE · COTE SALON). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE MANOIR DU STANG · HOTEL AUX CERISIERS). ^[3,4]

8 × Campsite (CAMPING DU MANOIR DE PENN AR STER · CAMPING DE KÉRANTEREC · CAMPING LES FALAISES · CAMPING DE KERSIOUAL · CAMPING DE KERLEVEN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 7 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE LA FORET · ELMA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE L'AOD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	CARREFOUR EXPRESS · LES VINS DU GLOBE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	LES POISSONS DE NICOLAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	17	AUBERGE DU VIEUX PORT · LE NIVEZ GILBERT · L'ESCALE · LA NAPOLITAINE · CREPERIE DE LA BAIE	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE MUTIN	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ENCRE MARINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME D'IZEL VOR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	AURELIE HUGOT, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE CARDUNER, MÉDECIN · SIXTINE CHAPMAN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-FRANCOIS BELZ, MÉDECIN · FABRICE TREBERN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA FORET	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	1	MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DE KERLEVEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	1	CS COURTAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	LE BORGNE DOMINIQUE · LE SALON DE JUSTINE · LA SUITE HAIR CONCEPT STORE · COTE SALON	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL LE MANOIR DU STANG · HOTEL AUX CERISIERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	8	CAMPING DU MANOIR DE PENN AR STER · CAMPING DE KÉRANTEREC · CAMPING LES FALAISES · CAMPING DE KERSIOUAL · CAMPING DE KERLEVEN	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,778 2023: 3,508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,276 (2012) → 3,508 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,369 (1990) → 3,508 (2023): 48.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,610, of which 28.3 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[8]

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 (La Forêt-Fouesnant): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Forêt-Fouesnant): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Forêt-Fouesnant): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Forêt-Fouesnant): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 14.4▸

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TREGUNC weather station, 11.1 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at TREGUNC, 11.1 km away at 25 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TREGUNC, 11.1 km away at 25 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 — 29057/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/38/2c5a8e6a-f0aa-36a6-8095-14ee6ef73e92— “Marché de La Forêt-Fouesnant”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29057/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29057/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29057/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29057
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
Gouville-sur-Mer	50	221 km NE	3,274	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt	84	847 km SE	3,004	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Deshaies	971	6,289 km W	3,710	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Crach	56	80 km SE	3,423	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Seillans	83	950 km SE	2,941	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien	83	898 km SE	2,453	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crach	56	80 km SE	3,423	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Gouville-sur-Mer	50	221 km NE	3,274	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt	84	847 km SE	3,004	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien	83	898 km SE	2,453	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Seillans	83	950 km SE	2,941	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Deshaies	971	6,289 km W	3,710	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

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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 La Forêt-Fouesnant'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
Gouville-sur-Mer	50	221 km NE	3,274	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Évellys	56	86 km E	3,379	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Plouha	22	115 km NE	4,634	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Val d'Oust	56	114 km E	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ploumilliau	22	92 km N	2,466	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plonévez-Porzay	29	30 km NW	1,781	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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