Lanhouarneau

Finistère · CC Haut-Léon Communauté · INSEE 29111

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lanhouarneau (INSEE 29111) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Haut-Léon Communauté. Population 1,282 (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/29111-lanhouarneau

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 12,809 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LES 4 SAISONS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROBERT VARIEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LES 4 SAISONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SERVICES	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ROBERT VARIEL, 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	LANHOUARNEAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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		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: 1,058 peak 2017: 1,308 2023: 1,282 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,249 (2012) → 1,282 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 959 (1990) → 1,282 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.1 km N 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 (Lanhouarneau): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lanhouarneau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lanhouarneau): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plounévez-Lochrist): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lanhouarneau): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 12.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LANDIVISIAU weather station, 6.9 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LANDIVISIAU, 6.9 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,173 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LANDIVISIAU, 6.9 km away at 109 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 — 29111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29206
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
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	17	397 km SE	1,220	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Denée	49	300 km SE	1,449	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Angliers	17	360 km SE	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Romain-la-Motte	42	677 km E	1,436	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
La Coucourde	26	813 km SE	1,240	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	831 km E	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Denée	49	300 km SE	1,449	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Angliers	17	360 km SE	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	17	397 km SE	1,220	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Romain-la-Motte	42	677 km E	1,436	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
La Coucourde	26	813 km SE	1,240	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	831 km E	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 12 % · 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 Lanhouarneau'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
Irvillac	29	23 km S	1,411	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Martinvast	50	217 km NE	1,348	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Gouesnière	35	171 km E	2,021	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Avremesnil	76	399 km NE	994	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Guimiliau	29	19 km SE	994	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Kersaint-Plabennec	29	17 km SW	1,571	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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