Gourlizon
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gourlizon (INSEE 29065) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Haut Pays Bigouden. Population 949 (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/29065-gourlizon
Vitality score
Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % of the 14,647 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (AU PLAISIR DE FRIRE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LEON GORAGUER). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 2 | AU PLAISIR DE FRIRE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LEON GORAGUER | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Thursday 16H30 – 19H00 PLACE DE TY BRAS. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 898 (2012) → 949 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 922 (1990) → 949 (2023): 2.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 456, of which 2.9 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plogastel-Saint-Germain): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Plogastel-Saint-Germain): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Plogastel-Saint-Germain): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plogastel-Saint-Germain): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Gourlizon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the KERLAZ weather station, 7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 129 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at QUIMPER, 9.5 km away at 82 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,174 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at KERLAZ, 7 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29065/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.gourlizon.bzh/agenda-2/— “MARCHE LOCAL JEUDI 10 AVRIL 16H30 – 19H00 PLACE DE TY BRAS”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29065/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29065/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29065/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29065
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osselle-Routelle | 25 | 765 km E | 961 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Maurice | 63 | 627 km E | 968 | 31.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ignat | 63 | 618 km E | 916 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Subdray | 18 | 505 km E | 967 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aucaleuc | 22 | 166 km E | 973 | 33.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chanteloup | 79 | 314 km SE | 985 | 31.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aucaleuc | 22 | 166 km E | 973 | 33.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chanteloup | 79 | 314 km SE | 985 | 31.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Subdray | 18 | 505 km E | 967 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ignat | 63 | 618 km E | 916 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Maurice | 63 | 627 km E | 968 | 31.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Osselle-Routelle | 25 | 765 km E | 961 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · 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 Gourlizon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nibas | 80 | 485 km NE | 828 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Wavrans-sur-l'Aa | 62 | 550 km NE | 1,203 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Houtkerque | 59 | 589 km NE | 978 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Méen | 29 | 60 km N | 942 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Kerlaz | 29 | 8.0 km N | 805 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trégomeur | 22 | 119 km NE | 945 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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