Garlan

Finistère · CA Morlaix Communauté · INSEE 29059

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Garlan (INSEE 29059) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Morlaix Communauté. Population 1,043 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29059-garlan

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,071 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.02
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE GARLAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU BON PORC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE DONEMAT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE YVES LAVIEC). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GARLAN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE SABRINA · COIFF ET VOUS A DOMICILE · LE GUERN CHANTAL). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE GARLAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	AU BON PORC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE DONEMAT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE YVES LAVIEC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	GARLAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GARLAN	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	3	L'ATELIER DE SABRINA · COIFF ET VOUS A DOMICILE · LE GUERN CHANTAL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 615 peak 2017: 1,052 2023: 1,043 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,020 (2012) → 1,043 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 801 (1990) → 1,043 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 500, of which 4.8 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.5 km WGP — 5.3 km W 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 (Garlan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morlaix): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morlaix): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Morlaix): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Garlan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.9

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MORLAIX weather station, 5.1 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLEYBER-CHRIST SA, 13.3 km away at 147 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 56 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 994 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MORLAIX, 5.1 km away at 55 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 — 29059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29151
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-Lager	69	692 km E	1,056	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Valsonne	69	684 km E	1,005	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel	67	819 km E	1,059	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Moussoulens	11	751 km SE	956	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	61	230 km E	1,023	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Givonne	08	648 km E	1,055	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	61	230 km E	1,023	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Givonne	08	648 km E	1,055	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Valsonne	69	684 km E	1,005	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lager	69	692 km E	1,056	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Moussoulens	11	751 km SE	956	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel	67	819 km E	1,059	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · 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 Garlan'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
Langolen	29	61 km S	836	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Merzer	22	51 km E	986	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillé-Raoul	35	161 km E	749	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazouge-du-Désert	35	196 km E	1,095	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Feins	35	159 km E	1,074	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	495 km NE	1,073	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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