Guissény
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Guissény (INSEE 29077) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Population 1,979 (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/29077-guisseny
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 9,691 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.7 | 20 | 14.09 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.7 |
| Housing mix | 0.42 | 5 | 2.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (STATION VOLUBILE · RESTAURANT DU PUITS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE SEZNY · BRENNIG KAFE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE JEANNE D'ARC). [3]
1 × Collège (ANNEXE DU COLLEGE PRIVE DIWAN PENN AR BED RELECQ-K). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILBERT STRICOT, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE BALCON, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE LE GRIGNOU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GUISSENY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GUISSENY AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUISSENY 5 BIS RUE DE BETHANIE 29880 GUISSÉNY). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (UN INSTANT COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU CURNIC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [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) | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | STATION VOLUBILE · RESTAURANT DU PUITS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE SEZNY · BRENNIG KAFE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE JEANNE D'ARC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | ANNEXE DU COLLEGE PRIVE DIWAN PENN AR BED RELECQ-K | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | GILBERT STRICOT, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE BALCON, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE LE GRIGNOU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE GUISSENY | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | GUISSENY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GUISSENY 5 BIS RUE DE BETHANIE 29880 GUISSÉNY | 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 | UN INSTANT COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DU CURNIC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,033 (2012) → 1,979 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,850 (1990) → 1,979 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,456, of which 29.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plounéour-Brignogan-plages): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Guissény): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Guissény): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Kerlouan): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Guissény): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 7.6 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRIGNOGAN, 7.6 km away at 9 m, over 23 summers. [11]
An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BRIGNOGAN, 7.6 km away at 9 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 — 29077/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29077/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29077/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29077/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29021
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29077
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29091
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deux-Grosnes | 69 | 723 km E | 1,946 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Assérac | 44 | 201 km SE | 1,890 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 % |
| Plonévez-Porzay | 29 | 58 km S | 1,781 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plounéour-Brignogan-plages | 29 | 7.1 km NE | 1,972 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seillans | 83 | 1,016 km SE | 2,941 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Eygalières | 13 | 901 km SE | 1,773 | 57.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounéour-Brignogan-plages | 29 | 7.1 km NE | 1,972 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plonévez-Porzay | 29 | 58 km S | 1,781 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Assérac | 44 | 201 km SE | 1,890 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 % |
| Deux-Grosnes | 69 | 723 km E | 1,946 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eygalières | 13 | 901 km SE | 1,773 | 57.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 % |
| Seillans | 83 | 1,016 km SE | 2,941 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · 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 Guissény'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounéour-Brignogan-plages | 29 | 7.1 km NE | 1,972 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plounévez-Lochrist | 29 | 15 km E | 2,281 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Porspoder | 29 | 30 km SW | 1,753 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouldreuzic | 29 | 76 km S | 2,119 | 61.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plurien | 22 | 148 km E | 1,521 | 51.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Kerlouan | 29 | 3.4 km E | 1,999 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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