Locmaria-Plouzané

Finistère · CC du Pays d'Iroise · INSEE 29130

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

Partly served 47.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Locmaria-Plouzané (INSEE 29130) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays d'Iroise. Population 5,130 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29130-locmaria-plouzane

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 4,579 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.5	20	9.98
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.93	10	9.29
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE LANVENNEC · MAISON DAMOILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHE RIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · AUTHENTIQUES SAVEURS DE BRETAGNE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LA CORMORANDIERE · LE CAFE DE LA PLAGE · LE CABARET CLUB, LE GRILL DE LA COTE · MILLE SABORDS · LE BREIZH IZEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE KERISCOUALCH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH - SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICHOLAS BOULAIS, MÉDECIN · YANN CAZUGUEL, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE RIBAULT-MARTIN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE GUILLEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE HERY BOZEC). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE KERALAURENT · SITE DE KERISCOUALC H). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU PORTEZ). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (PLANET'HAIR · KL'HAIR COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA PLAGE DE PORTEZ). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES DELICES DE LANVENNEC · MAISON DAMOILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHE RIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	UTILE · AUTHENTIQUES SAVEURS DE BRETAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	6	LA CORMORANDIERE · LE CAFE DE LA PLAGE · LE CABARET CLUB, LE GRILL DE LA COTE · MILLE SABORDS · LE BREIZH IZEL	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE KERISCOUALCH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH - SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	NICHOLAS BOULAIS, MÉDECIN · YANN CAZUGUEL, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE RIBAULT-MARTIN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE GUILLEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE HERY BOZEC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LOCMARIA PLOUZANE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE KERALAURENT · SITE DE KERISCOUALC H	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DU PORTEZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	PLANET'HAIR · KL'HAIR COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA PLAGE DE PORTEZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,202 2023: 5,130 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,850 (2012) → 5,130 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,589 (1990) → 5,130 (2023): 42.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,436, of which 9.5 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km SWPrimary school — 1.0 km S 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 (Locmaria-Plouzané): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Locmaria-Plouzané): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Locmaria-Plouzané): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Locmaria-Plouzané): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Locmaria-Plouzané): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 2.9▸

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOUGONVELIN weather station, 10.7 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LANVEOC, 18.5 km away at 81 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE CONQUET, 8.2 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29130
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
La Fouillouse	42	751 km E	4,630	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Salies-de-Béarn	64	616 km SE	4,742	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Iffendic	35	195 km E	4,609	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Milizac-Guipronvel	29	14 km N	4,816	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Étoile-sur-Rhône	26	827 km SE	5,468	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Pleslin-Trigavou	22	192 km E	4,065	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Milizac-Guipronvel	29	14 km N	4,816	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pleslin-Trigavou	22	192 km E	4,065	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Iffendic	35	195 km E	4,609	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Salies-de-Béarn	64	616 km SE	4,742	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
La Fouillouse	42	751 km E	4,630	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Étoile-sur-Rhône	26	827 km SE	5,468	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Locmaria-Plouzané'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
Milizac-Guipronvel	29	14 km N	4,816	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pleslin-Trigavou	22	192 km E	4,065	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lannilis	29	24 km NE	5,709	60.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Landéda	29	24 km N	3,702	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Loperhet	29	25 km E	3,959	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ploudalmézeau	29	18 km N	6,522	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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