Locmélar

Finistère · CC du Pays de Landivisiau · INSEE 29131

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Locmélar (INSEE 29131) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays de Landivisiau. Population 487 (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/29131-locmelar

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,829 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

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

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE PONCLET SAS · AU BIEN FAIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	2	LE PONCLET SAS · AU BIEN FAIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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: 445 2023: 487 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 444 (2012) → 487 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 455 (1990) → 487 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 5.7 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km NWBakery — 4.8 km NGP — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Lampaul-Guimiliau): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Locmélar): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lampaul-Guimiliau): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sizun): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.5

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SIZUN weather station, 7.6 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LANDIVISIAU, 10.9 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,351 mm of rain a year, spread over 169 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SIZUN, 7.6 km away at 157 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

38 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 149,954 € — 1,182 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 29131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29277
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
Morvillers	60	451 km E	506	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Rothbach	67	852 km E	466	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Lanmérin	22	62 km NE	575	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hoste	57	805 km E	562	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Raves	88	821 km E	481	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Coux	17	446 km SE	480	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lanmérin	22	62 km NE	575	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Coux	17	446 km SE	480	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Morvillers	60	451 km E	506	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Hoste	57	805 km E	562	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Raves	88	821 km E	481	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Rothbach	67	852 km E	466	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · 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 Locmélar'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	62 km NE	575	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Franleu	80	452 km NE	501	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vaudringhem	62	503 km NE	494	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Foulbec	27	344 km E	642	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Choquel	62	495 km NE	443	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigu-la-Brisette	50	229 km NE	495	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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