Kernouës

Finistère · CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes · INSEE 29094

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

Few services 26.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Kernouës (INSEE 29094) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Population 665 (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/29094-kernoues

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 16,657 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	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.71
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 536 peak 2012: 721 2023: 665 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 721 (2012) → 665 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 621 (1990) → 665 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 5.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.6 km SEBakery — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.7 km SE 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 (Lesneven): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lesneven): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lesneven): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lesneven): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Kernouës): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 2.8▸

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 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRIGNOGAN weather station, 9.5 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BRIGNOGAN, 9.5 km away at 9 m, over 23 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, 3.2 km away at 29 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 180,000 € — 1,149 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29094/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29094/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29094/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29094/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29094
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	823 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %
Azas	31	712 km SE	675	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 34 %
Huchenneville	80	474 km E	679	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Lacrost	71	731 km E	690	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 57 %
Panossas	38	791 km E	696	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Changy	42	677 km E	690	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Huchenneville	80	474 km E	679	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Changy	42	677 km E	690	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Azas	31	712 km SE	675	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 34 %
Lacrost	71	731 km E	690	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 57 %
Panossas	38	791 km E	696	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	823 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Kernouës'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
Lanmérin	22	75 km E	575	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	234 km NE	729	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Teurthéville-Hague	50	220 km NE	1,037	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Teurthéville-Bocage	50	242 km NE	594	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Plougar	29	15 km E	789	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Servais	29	17 km SE	784	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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