Île-Molène

Finistère · CC du Pays d'Iroise · INSEE 29084

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Île-Molène (INSEE 29084) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays d'Iroise. Population 176 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29084-ile-molene

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,200 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.14	10	1.35
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

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

3 × Restaurant (AU VENT DES ILES · O CAILLOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA MER D'IROISE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANON VERBEQUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	MARITOM	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	3	AU VENT DES ILES · O CAILLOU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA MER D'IROISE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MANON VERBEQUE, 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	ILE MOLENE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE COMMUNALE	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	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 527 2023: 176 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 186 (2012) → 176 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 176 (2023): -36.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 60 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 13.6 km NWPharmacy — 14.2 km E 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 (Ouessant): 13.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Île-Molène): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Île-Molène): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Conquet): 14.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Île-Molène): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0▸

Days at or below 0 °C 0.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the OUESSANT-STIFF weather station, 11.2 km away at 64 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at OUESSANT-STIFF, 11.2 km away at 64 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OUESSANT-STIFF, 11.2 km away at 64 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 — 29084/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29084/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29084/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29084/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29040
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
Quérigut	09	838 km SE	139	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle	07	802 km SE	183	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilhac-sur-Célé	46	669 km SE	173	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Grandrif	63	739 km SE	199	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrals-les-Montagnes	34	807 km SE	156	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Valdoule	05	913 km SE	204	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcilhac-sur-Célé	46	669 km SE	173	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Grandrif	63	739 km SE	199	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle	07	802 km SE	183	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrals-les-Montagnes	34	807 km SE	156	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Quérigut	09	838 km SE	139	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %
Valdoule	05	913 km SE	204	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Île-Molène'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
Île-de-Sein	29	41 km S	263	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Landévennec	29	52 km E	330	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-le-Thomas	50	256 km E	401	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lanmodez	22	145 km E	394	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pioggiola	2B	1,266 km SE	87	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Île-de-Bréhat	22	152 km E	429	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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