Gouézec

Identity

Gouézec (INSEE 29062) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 1,111 (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/29062-gouezec

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 13,695 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BISTROT DE LA ROCHE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (TY LENN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MO'TIF). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,125 (2012) → 1,111 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,076 (1990) → 1,111 (2023): 3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 645, of which 13.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Edern): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pleyben): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pleyben): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pleyben): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gouézec): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EDERN weather station, 7.2 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[11]

The village sits 60 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 10.7 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,367 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EDERN, 7.2 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

119 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,000 € — 1,153 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29062/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29062/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29062/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29062/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29048
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29162
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29062
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025