Mespaul

Finistère · CC Haut-Léon Communauté · INSEE 29148

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mespaul (INSEE 29148) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Haut-Léon Communauté. Population 946 (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/29148-mespaul

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 14,672 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.87
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE GALLEO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'EMBUSCADE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE FAMILLE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	L'ATELIER DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE GALLEO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'EMBUSCADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE FAMILLE	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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: 937 peak 2017: 966 2023: 946 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 912 (2012) → 946 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 797 (1990) → 946 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 498, of which 8.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.9 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Mespaul): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plouénan): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plouénan): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plouénan): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mespaul): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 8▸

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SIBIRIL S A weather station, 6.2 km away at 52 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SIBIRIL S A, 6.2 km away at 52 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SIBIRIL S A, 6.2 km away at 52 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 — 29148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29184
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-Romain-les-Atheux	42	733 km SE	956	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maime	04	918 km SE	923	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Muraz	74	818 km E	1,048	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Pelleautier	05	892 km SE	863	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Pigny	18	508 km E	966	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Thiennes	59	519 km NE	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pigny	18	508 km E	966	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Thiennes	59	519 km NE	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Romain-les-Atheux	42	733 km SE	956	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Muraz	74	818 km E	1,048	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Pelleautier	05	892 km SE	863	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maime	04	918 km SE	923	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Mespaul'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
Wierre-Effroy	62	479 km NE	834	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Derrien	29	14 km SW	861	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Donan	22	86 km E	1,477	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tonquédec	22	47 km E	1,201	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Sève	29	13 km SE	1,077	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Langoat	22	57 km E	1,175	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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