Laz

Finistère · CC de Haute Cornouaille · INSEE 29122

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

Partly served 50.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laz (INSEE 29122) is in Finistère (29), part of CC de Haute Cornouaille. Population 685 (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/29122-laz

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 16,487 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.7
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (ANNE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE POINT DE VUE). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LAZ'ISA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TYLAZ	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	2	ANNE PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE POINT DE VUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO	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	1	LAZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	LAZ'ISA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 996 2023: 685 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 685 (2012) → 685 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 706 (1990) → 685 (2023): -3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 441, of which 15.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NWGP — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Laz): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laz): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Trégourez): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Trégourez): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Laz): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.1

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CORAY CHAT EAU weather station, 8.1 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 228 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SPEZET, 8.8 km away at 138 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 90 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,356 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAZ, 0.7 km away at 235 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 — 29122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29291
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
Viella	32	580 km SE	530	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Vazerac	82	590 km SE	765	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Castelsagrat	82	573 km SE	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Vicq-sur-Gartempe	86	387 km E	658	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Salon-la-Tour	19	503 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Carnoët	22	35 km NE	673	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Carnoët	22	35 km NE	673	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Vicq-sur-Gartempe	86	387 km E	658	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Salon-la-Tour	19	503 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Castelsagrat	82	573 km SE	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Viella	32	580 km SE	530	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Vazerac	82	590 km SE	765	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Laz'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
Saint-Hernin	29	17 km NE	753	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Paule	22	31 km E	671	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	29	38 km N	641	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chantrigné	53	244 km E	599	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Plésidy	22	63 km NE	563	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guéhenno	56	93 km E	814	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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