Guilvinec

Finistère · CC du Pays Bigouden Sud · INSEE 29072

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

Served 63.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guilvinec (INSEE 29072) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays Bigouden Sud. Population 2,669 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/29072-guilvinec

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 7,862 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.93	20	18.54
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.93
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TY NEVEZ LE FOURNIL D ARVOR · AUX DELICES DU MARIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (UTILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE AU BOUT DU QUAI). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LE KATSANDRA · GEORGIO PIZZ' · L'OLIVIER · MAD EO PIZZ · LE RABELAIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (EURL POSTOLLEC · LE PETIT BISTROT · BAR DE L'OCEAN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN LE BRUN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL LANGEVIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENCE BOUCHEZ, MÉDECIN · KÉVIN GOYAT, MÉDECIN · SOLÈNE PEUZIAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA MARINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MANU BERROU). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE BRETAGNE-PAYS DE LOIRE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (SARL OUY · HAIR TENDANCE · LE SALOON · COIFFURE MANAIS · MALOYA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	TY NEVEZ LE FOURNIL D ARVOR · AUX DELICES DU MARIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE AU BOUT DU QUAI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	LE KATSANDRA · GEORGIO PIZZ' · L'OLIVIER · MAD EO PIZZ · LE RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	EURL POSTOLLEC · LE PETIT BISTROT · BAR DE L'OCEAN	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN LE BRUN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE PAUL LANGEVIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FLORENCE BOUCHEZ, MÉDECIN · KÉVIN GOYAT, MÉDECIN · SOLÈNE PEUZIAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA MARINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE MANU BERROU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE BRETAGNE-PAYS DE LOIRE · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	7	SARL OUY · HAIR TENDANCE · LE SALOON · COIFFURE MANAIS · MALOYA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Sunday 8h30 - 14h00 centre-ville, rue de la Marine, place de La Poste, place de l'Eglise, rue de l'Eglise, rue Men Crenn et devant la place de la Petite Sole et de l'office de tourisme (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,012 2023: 2,669 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,938 (2012) → 2,669 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,365 (1990) → 2,669 (2023): -20.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,898, of which 39.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km W 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 (Guilvinec): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Guilvinec): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guilvinec): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guilvinec): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Guilvinec): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 5.5▸

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PTE DE PENMARCH weather station, 6.9 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PTE DE PENMARCH, 6.9 km away at 3 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PTE DE PENMARCH, 6.9 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

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 — 29072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.leguilvinec.com/marches-produits-locaux-artisanat— “Hauts en couleurs et en senteurs, les marchés du Guilvinec sont très réputés ! Ils vous accueillent toute l'année les mardis et les dimanches.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29072
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
Mers-les-Bains	80	485 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Trégastel	22	127 km NE	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bernières-sur-Mer	14	332 km NE	2,437	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	14	333 km NE	2,101	59.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Roscoff	29	106 km N	3,334	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bénodet	29	16 km NE	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bénodet	29	16 km NE	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Roscoff	29	106 km N	3,334	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Trégastel	22	127 km NE	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bernières-sur-Mer	14	332 km NE	2,437	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	14	333 km NE	2,101	59.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	485 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · 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 Guilvinec'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
Trégastel	22	127 km NE	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Roscoff	29	106 km N	3,334	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bray-Dunes	59	612 km NE	4,189	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Batz-sur-Mer	44	147 km E	2,892	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quay-Portrieux	22	144 km NE	3,224	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Croisic	44	144 km E	4,056	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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