Kerlaz

Finistère · CC Douarnenez Communauté · INSEE 29090

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Kerlaz (INSEE 29090) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Douarnenez Communauté. Population 805 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29090-kerlaz

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 15,626 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.04
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES DELICES D'ORE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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	1	LES DELICES D'ORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE KERLAZ	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 567 peak 2012: 823 2023: 805 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 823 (2012) → 805 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 729 (1990) → 805 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 12.1 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km WGP — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Douarnenez): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Douarnenez): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Douarnenez): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Douarnenez): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Kerlaz): 0.3 km to the south-east (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, 1.1 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at QUIMPER, 15.7 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, 1.1 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 — 29090/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29090/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29090/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29090/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29090
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
Clermont-Dessous	47	562 km SE	798	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Marcel-de-Félines	42	688 km E	827	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 21 %
Neffes	05	885 km SE	804	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cournon	56	166 km E	812	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Chédon	41	419 km E	791	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 58 %
Boismorand	45	522 km E	860	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cournon	56	166 km E	812	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Chédon	41	419 km E	791	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 58 %
Boismorand	45	522 km E	860	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-Dessous	47	562 km SE	798	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Marcel-de-Félines	42	688 km E	827	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 21 %
Neffes	05	885 km SE	804	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · 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 Kerlaz'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
Nibas	80	481 km NE	828	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Gourlizon	29	8.0 km S	949	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Muneville-le-Bingard	50	235 km NE	725	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Prénessaye	22	122 km E	885	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	44 km NE	849	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Kerfourn	56	107 km E	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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