Mellac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mellac (INSEE 29147) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Quimperlé Communauté. Population 3,404 (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/29147-mellac
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 6,406 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 7.11 |
| Social | 0.61 | 20 | 12.2 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERS BRETONS · LA BOULANGERIE DERET · LE PAIN DE SUCRE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CLAIRGUIL). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (SR MELLAC · BUFFALO GRILL · UTILAUTO29 · CHEZ RITON). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC DE TY BODEL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE JAKEZ HELIAS). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MORGANE COLLAS, MÉDECIN · MARINE GUENNEC, MÉDECIN · SÉLÈNE MEILLOUR, MÉDECIN · ANNY MOUANGVONG, MÉDECIN · SANDY DESTREBECQ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MELLAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MELLAC). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (LES CHEVEUX D'HOMMES · KARO LYNN COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LE COUP DE CISEAUX · LGE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (KERVIDANOU HOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | BOULANGERS BRETONS · LA BOULANGERIE DERET · LE PAIN DE SUCRE | INSEE BPE 4 / 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 | CLAIRGUIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | SR MELLAC · BUFFALO GRILL · UTILAUTO29 · CHEZ RITON | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR TABAC DE TY BODEL | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE JAKEZ HELIAS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | MORGANE COLLAS, MÉDECIN · MARINE GUENNEC, MÉDECIN · SÉLÈNE MEILLOUR, MÉDECIN · ANNY MOUANGVONG, MÉDECIN · SANDY DESTREBECQ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MELLAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MELLAC | 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 | 6 | LES CHEVEUX D'HOMMES · KARO LYNN COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LE COUP DE CISEAUX · LGE COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | KERVIDANOU HOTEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 2,764 (2012) → 3,404 (2023): 23.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,192 (1990) → 3,404 (2023): 55.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,592, of which 2.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mellac): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Quimperlé): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Mellac): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Quimperlé): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Mellac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the QUIMPERLE S A weather station, 3.6 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at QUIMPERLE S A, 3.6 km away at 70 m, over 10 summers. [10]
An average of 1,052 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at QUIMPERLE S A, 3.6 km away at 70 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 — 29147/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29147/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29147/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29147/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29233
- 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 Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 134 km SE | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 140 km E | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 521 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 50 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 79 km NE | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Locoal-Mendon | 56 | 41 km SE | 3,530 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locoal-Mendon | 56 | 41 km SE | 3,530 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 50 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 79 km NE | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 134 km SE | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 140 km E | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 521 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Mellac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 134 km SE | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 50 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 79 km NE | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plélo | 22 | 86 km NE | 3,344 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plomeur | 29 | 53 km W | 3,904 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Melgven | 29 | 19 km W | 3,371 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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