Huelgoat

Finistère · CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté · INSEE 29081

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

Partly served 49.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Huelgoat (INSEE 29081) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté. Population 1,440 (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/29081-huelgoat

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 11,957 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	0.99	20	19.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (TI FORN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (KRAMPOUEZ BREIZH · GASPARD JEAN PIERRE · BILLON SERVANE · LE GRAND MOULIN · CREPERIE LES MYRTILLES). ^[3,4]

9 × Café / bar (LA GROTTE · LE BRITTANY PUB · LA PAILLOTE · LA CHOUETTE BLEUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN SIMON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LOZACH GAUTIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE HUELGOAT). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ARTHUS CINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL HUELGOAT · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ACTUEL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU LAC · HOTEL DE BRETAGNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LA RIVIERE D'ARGENT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	TI FORN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	KRAMPOUEZ BREIZH · GASPARD JEAN PIERRE · BILLON SERVANE · LE GRAND MOULIN · CREPERIE LES MYRTILLES	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	9	LA GROTTE · LE BRITTANY PUB · LA PAILLOTE · LA CHOUETTE BLEUE	INSEE SIRENE 9 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JULIEN SIMON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE LOZACH GAUTIER	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	HUELGOAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE HUELGOAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	ARTHUS CINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL HUELGOAT · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ACTUEL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT DU LAC · HOTEL DE BRETAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LA RIVIERE D'ARGENT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,456 2023: 1,440 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,574 (2012) → 1,440 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,742 (1990) → 1,440 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,168, of which 24.3 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Huelgoat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huelgoat): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Huelgoat): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Huelgoat): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Huelgoat): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BRENNILIS weather station, 9.3 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[9]

The village sits 55 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PLEYBER-CHRIST SA, 17.1 km away at 147 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,374 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SCRIGNAC, 9.1 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29081
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
Camarès	12	718 km SE	1,030	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hirel	35	146 km E	1,382	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Rosières	07	750 km SE	1,319	56	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	492 km E	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
La Fouillade	12	639 km SE	1,128	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Champignelles	89	510 km E	905	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hirel	35	146 km E	1,382	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	492 km E	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Champignelles	89	510 km E	905	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Fouillade	12	639 km SE	1,128	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Camarès	12	718 km SE	1,030	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rosières	07	750 km SE	1,319	56	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · 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 Huelgoat'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
Guerlesquin	29	21 km NE	1,285	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plomodiern	29	42 km SW	2,282	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Jaudy	22	55 km NE	2,629	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arzal	56	139 km SE	1,846	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pleumeur-Gautier	22	65 km NE	1,188	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plonévez-Porzay	29	44 km SW	1,781	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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