Guengat

Finistère · CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale · INSEE 29066

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guengat (INSEE 29066) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Population 1,846 (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/29066-guengat

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 10,127 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.51
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES CREPES DE YOLAINE · PIZZA ETC · HOME BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BUNNY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE BICHAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE GUENGAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	3	LES CREPES DE YOLAINE · PIZZA ETC · HOME BURGER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BUNNY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE BICHAT, 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	1	GUENGAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE GUENGAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,001 2023: 1,846 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,686 (2012) → 1,846 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,604 (1990) → 1,846 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 872, of which 2.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.1 km SFood shop — 3.1 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km S 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 (Plonéis): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plonéis): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Guengat): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plonéis): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Guengat): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20

Muggy days a summer 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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the KERLAZ weather station, 6.4 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at QUIMPER, 8.4 km away at 82 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,174 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at KERLAZ, 6.4 km away at 88 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 — 29066/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29066/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29066/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29066/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29066
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
Thénac	17	378 km SE	1,748	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	473 km SE	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Allan	26	795 km SE	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Luant	36	458 km E	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	169 km E	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saubrigues	40	541 km SE	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	169 km E	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thénac	17	378 km SE	1,748	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Luant	36	458 km E	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	473 km SE	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saubrigues	40	541 km SE	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Allan	26	795 km SE	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Guengat'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
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	169 km E	1,537	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plestan	22	137 km E	1,635	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	76	366 km NE	1,816	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Arzano	29	59 km E	1,441	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hanvec	29	32 km N	2,025	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plouguernével	22	74 km E	1,601	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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