Lothey

Finistère · CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay · INSEE 29142

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

No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lothey (INSEE 29142) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 424 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,961 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.4
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	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: 467 peak 1990: 505 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 424 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 424 (2023): -16 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 9.1 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NWBakery — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 6.5 km NE 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 (Châteaulin): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteaulin): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteaulin): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pleyben): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lothey): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-SEGAL S A weather station, 6.7 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 6.7 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 6.7 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29142
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
Chichery	89	561 km E	426	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	650 km E	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Camelin	02	545 km E	426	21	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Quemperven	22	80 km NE	417	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bousse	72	299 km E	431	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Malras	11	746 km SE	444	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quemperven	22	80 km NE	417	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bousse	72	299 km E	431	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Camelin	02	545 km E	426	21	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chichery	89	561 km E	426	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	650 km E	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Malras	11	746 km SE	444	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Lothey'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-Maudan	22	93 km E	399	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Caule-Sainte-Beuve	76	446 km NE	473	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Freulleville	76	425 km NE	386	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville	50	225 km NE	485	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny	76	421 km NE	405	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Smermesnil	76	441 km NE	361	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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