Goulven

Finistère · CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes · INSEE 29064

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

Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goulven (INSEE 29064) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Population 432 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29064-goulven

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,943 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	0.92	20	18.46
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	3.96
Housing mix	0.6	5	2.99

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TARTES ET DELICES). ^[3]

4 × Restaurant (GUYOMARCH YVONNE · PIZZA LATINA · LES RIGADELLES · LE TRUCK DE TONTON). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ ISA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU VIEUX POIRIER). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIANE OLLIVIER-ROUDAUT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	TARTES ET DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	4	GUYOMARCH YVONNE · PIZZA LATINA · LES RIGADELLES · LE TRUCK DE TONTON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CHEZ ISA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU VIEUX POIRIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SYLVIANE OLLIVIER-ROUDAUT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	MAIRIE	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: 510 2023: 432 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 442 (2012) → 432 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 482 (1990) → 432 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 20.1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.5 km SWPharmacy — 2.3 km SFood shop — 2.8 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 (Goulven): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plounéour-Brignogan-plages): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Goulven): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plouider): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 2.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRIGNOGAN weather station, 5.8 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BRIGNOGAN, 5.8 km away at 9 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLOUIDER, 3.9 km away at 29 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 — 29064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29198
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
Audembert	62	497 km NE	424	45	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Merry-la-Vallée	89	573 km E	358	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 %
Laffrey	38	864 km SE	466	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Faucon	84	871 km SE	454	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-de-Montbel	73	836 km E	688	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Pommard	21	702 km E	430	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Audembert	62	497 km NE	424	45	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Merry-la-Vallée	89	573 km E	358	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 %
Pommard	21	702 km E	430	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-de-Montbel	73	836 km E	688	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Laffrey	38	864 km SE	466	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Faucon	84	871 km SE	454	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · 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 Goulven'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
Tréflaouénan	29	15 km E	518	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Tréogat	29	79 km S	573	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lormel	22	153 km E	882	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Héauville	50	211 km NE	456	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny	50	224 km E	606	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Argol	29	43 km S	1,065	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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