Mahalon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mahalon (INSEE 29143) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Population 1,021 (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/29143-mahalon
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 14,187 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.21 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BARA BABORD). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ECHOPPE DU CAP). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT PIERRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MAHALON AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BARA BABORD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | L'ECHOPPE DU CAP | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 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 PRIVEE SAINT PIERRE | 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 | MAHALON 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 | 2 | LE SALON | INSEE BPE 2 / 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
Population 921 (2012) → 1,021 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 773 (1990) → 1,021 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 522, of which 13 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mahalon): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pont-Croix): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Pont-Croix): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Pont-Croix): 4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Mahalon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the POULLAN weather station, 6.7 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PLOVAN, 13.9 km away at 10 m, over 13 summers. [10]
An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PLOZEVET, 5.3 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,000 € — 1,339 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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 — 29143/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29143/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29143/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29143/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29143
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29218
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beurlay | 17 | 365 km SE | 994 | 46.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Terre-et-Marais | 50 | 266 km NE | 1,271 | 39.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 % |
| Champsecret | 61 | 294 km E | 963 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Renac | 35 | 187 km E | 1,027 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Romain-Lachalm | 43 | 736 km E | 1,154 | 49.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cheffois | 85 | 314 km SE | 1,009 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renac | 35 | 187 km E | 1,027 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Terre-et-Marais | 50 | 266 km NE | 1,271 | 39.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 % |
| Champsecret | 61 | 294 km E | 963 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cheffois | 85 | 314 km SE | 1,009 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beurlay | 17 | 365 km SE | 994 | 46.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Romain-Lachalm | 43 | 736 km E | 1,154 | 49.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · 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 Mahalon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleudaniel | 22 | 126 km NE | 921 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Trévoux | 29 | 61 km E | 1,652 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hénansal | 22 | 158 km E | 1,294 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landeleau | 29 | 57 km NE | 993 | 44.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trédarzec | 22 | 124 km NE | 1,055 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pouldergat | 29 | 8.2 km E | 1,213 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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