Melgven

Finistère · CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération · INSEE 29146

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Melgven (INSEE 29146) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. Population 3,371 (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/29146-melgven

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 6,455 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	25	6.24
Social	0.58	20	11.6
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.63	10	6.29
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · BOULANGERIE JOURDAIN · LE FOURNIL DE MELGVEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L.P.I · LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS · MULTI PIZZA · CREPERIE DUFROS). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (COULEUR K'FE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CADOL). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YOHAN BLAYO, MÉDECIN · YVES BONTOUX, MÉDECIN · NELLY DUVAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE MELGVEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MELGVEN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MELGVEN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LE FRUIT D'UNE PASSION · HIBISCUS COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CISEAU · ESTELLE COIFFURE ET CREATIONS). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Supermarket.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · BOULANGERIE JOURDAIN · LE FOURNIL DE MELGVEN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	L.P.I · LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS · MULTI PIZZA · CREPERIE DUFROS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	COULEUR K'FE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CADOL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	YOHAN BLAYO, MÉDECIN · YVES BONTOUX, MÉDECIN · NELLY DUVAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE MELGVEN	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	MELGVEN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MELGVEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LE FRUIT D'UNE PASSION · HIBISCUS COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CISEAU · ESTELLE COIFFURE ET CREATIONS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,117 peak 2012: 3,404 2023: 3,371 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,404 (2012) → 3,371 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,987 (1990) → 3,371 (2023): 12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,796, of which 6.9 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.5 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 (Melgven): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Concarneau): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Melgven): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Melgven): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Melgven): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.8

Muggy days a summer 1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MELGVEN weather station, 1.9 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TREGUNC, 7.6 km away at 25 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 69 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 1,135 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MELGVEN, 1.9 km away at 83 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 — 29146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29039
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
Saint-Genix-les-Villages	73	765 km E	3,095	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
La Roche-Chalais	24	424 km SE	3,060	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Neuvic	24	454 km SE	3,687	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Airvault	79	303 km E	3,306	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Xertigny	88	762 km E	2,589	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Plogonnec	29	33 km NW	3,236	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plogonnec	29	33 km NW	3,236	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Airvault	79	303 km E	3,306	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Chalais	24	424 km SE	3,060	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Neuvic	24	454 km SE	3,687	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Xertigny	88	762 km E	2,589	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genix-les-Villages	73	765 km E	3,095	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Melgven'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
Mellac	29	19 km E	3,404	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plémet	22	97 km E	3,764	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Launay	44	152 km E	3,270	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Feyre	23	478 km E	2,566	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Brandan	22	90 km NE	2,317	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Gacilly	56	128 km E	3,995	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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