Kernilis

Finistère · CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes · INSEE 29093

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Kernilis (INSEE 29093) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Population 1,407 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/29093-kernilis

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 12,074 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.88	10	8.85
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU VIEUX PUITS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MAISON DE LA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU VIEUX PUITS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	KERNILIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE KERNILIS	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	MAISON DE LA COIFFURE	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: 771 peak 2017: 1,453 2023: 1,407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,411 (2012) → 1,407 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,016 (1990) → 1,407 (2023): 38.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 614, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 5.1 km SWFood shop — 5.2 km SWGP — 5.2 km SWBakery — 5.3 km SW 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 (Plouvien): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plouvien): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plouvien): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plouvien): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Kernilis): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUDANIEL-INRAE weather station, 10.1 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 10.1 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOUIDER, 9 km away at 29 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 — 29093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29093
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
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	200 km SE	1,429	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Treffendel	35	188 km E	1,350	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Carlepont	60	553 km E	1,393	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	526 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
La Chevallerais	44	238 km SE	1,569	33	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	348 km SE	1,233	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treffendel	35	188 km E	1,350	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	200 km SE	1,429	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
La Chevallerais	44	238 km SE	1,569	33	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	348 km SE	1,233	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	526 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Carlepont	60	553 km E	1,393	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · 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 Kernilis'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
Andel	22	137 km E	1,180	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Trédion	56	161 km SE	1,400	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Trévé	22	126 km E	1,681	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rolleville	76	356 km E	1,209	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Irvillac	29	27 km SE	1,411	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Coëtmieux	22	134 km E	1,869	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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