Goulien

Finistère · CC Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz · INSEE 29063

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goulien (INSEE 29063) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Population 446 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/29063-goulien

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 17,916 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.71
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE CHRISTIAN PELRAS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE KERROS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	RONCIN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	GOULIEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE CHRISTIAN PELRAS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE KERROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 667 2023: 446 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 438 (2012) → 446 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 446 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 340, of which 33.2 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.6 km NGP — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km SEFood shop — 3.9 km SWPrimary school — 4.1 km SE 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 (Goulien): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Primelin): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Audierne): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Audierne): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Audierne): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 3.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PTE DU RAZ weather station, 10.6 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PTE DU RAZ, 10.6 km away at 67 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PTE DU RAZ, 10.6 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29003
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
Apinac	42	719 km E	437	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Mard-de-Réno	61	390 km E	386	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Sussac	87	544 km SE	372	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Montchevrier	36	509 km E	446	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Centrès	12	692 km SE	462	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 46 %
Jullianges	43	708 km E	426	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mard-de-Réno	61	390 km E	386	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Montchevrier	36	509 km E	446	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Sussac	87	544 km SE	372	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Centrès	12	692 km SE	462	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 46 %
Jullianges	43	708 km E	426	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %
Apinac	42	719 km E	437	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Goulien'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
Le Vast	50	294 km NE	321	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Brélidy	22	122 km NE	334	10.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Feugères	50	270 km NE	356	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Coatascorn	22	121 km NE	248	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tréguennec	29	27 km SE	311	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Anneville-en-Saire	50	299 km NE	370	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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