Morlaix
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 65.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Morlaix (INSEE 29151) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Morlaix Communauté. Population 15,194 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29151-morlaix
Vitality score
Vitality score 65.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 67 % of the 1,613 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 | 0.54 | 25 | 13.38 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.69 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.58 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.56 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
11 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BIANNIC · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA BOITE A BONBONS). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE ROUX PHILIPPE · L'ETAL GOURMAND · BOUCHERIE EPICERIE DADES). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CANTINHO DO BRASIL · SALOUM EXOTIQUES · LA SUPER EPICERIE). [3,4]
5 × Supermarket (MORLAIX DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · NOEMICO · INTERMARCHE · GATHO). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (EURL THIERRY TROADEC). [3,4]
60 × Restaurant (LE CENTRAL · LE VIADUC · TAJ MAHAL · TEMPO · BRASSERIE LE CAFE NOIR). [3,4]
28 × Café / bar (LE CELTIQUE · LA SUITE 212 · CREPESHOP · LA GAULOISE · BRASSERIE DE L'EUROPE). [4]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE POAN BEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CORENTIN CAER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GAMBETTA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN PIAGET). [3]
4 × Collège (COLLEGE DU CHATEAU · COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH · COLLEGE PRIVE ST AUGUSTIN). [3]
15 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MORGANE DE BARACE D'ESTRICHE, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE GOUEZ, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE NOUGARET, MÉDECIN · ALICE JOSQUIN, MÉDECIN · CORINNE LANGLOIS-MADROLLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES JACOBINS · PHARMACIE DE BRETAGNE · PHARMACIE DE LA MADELEINE). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (MORLAIX LA BOISSIERE RP · MORLAIX PLOUJEAN AP · LA POSTE). [3]
3 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA BOISSIÈRE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE LES AMOURS JAUNES · MÉDIATHÈQUE LES AILES DU TEMPS). [3]
2 × Cinema (RIALTO · SEW). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
10 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MORLAIX SAINT-MARTIN DES CHAMPS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · AGENCE MORLAIX CORNIC · AGENCE MORLAIX LA BOISSIERE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
26 × Hairdresser (BOISSIERE COIFFURE · HILAIRE YOLANDE · CHEZ PRELUDE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE L'EUROPE · HÔTEL DU PORT · IBIS STYLES MORLAIX · IBIS BUDGET MORLAIX). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 11 | SARL BIANNIC · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA BOITE A BONBONS | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | LE ROUX PHILIPPE · L'ETAL GOURMAND · BOUCHERIE EPICERIE DADES | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | CANTINHO DO BRASIL · SALOUM EXOTIQUES · LA SUPER EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 5 | MORLAIX DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · NOEMICO · INTERMARCHE · GATHO | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | EURL THIERRY TROADEC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 60 | LE CENTRAL · LE VIADUC · TAJ MAHAL · TEMPO · BRASSERIE LE CAFE NOIR | INSEE BPE 60 / INSEE SIRENE 76 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 28 | LE CELTIQUE · LA SUITE 212 · CREPESHOP · LA GAULOISE · BRASSERIE DE L'EUROPE | INSEE SIRENE 28 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE POAN BEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CORENTIN CAER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GAMBETTA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN PIAGET | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 4 | COLLEGE DU CHATEAU · COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH · COLLEGE PRIVE ST AUGUSTIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 15 | MORGANE DE BARACE D'ESTRICHE, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE GOUEZ, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE NOUGARET, MÉDECIN · ALICE JOSQUIN, MÉDECIN · CORINNE LANGLOIS-MADROLLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 15 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DES JACOBINS · PHARMACIE DE BRETAGNE · PHARMACIE DE LA MADELEINE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | MORLAIX LA BOISSIERE RP · MORLAIX PLOUJEAN AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 3 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA BOISSIÈRE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE LES AMOURS JAUNES · MÉDIATHÈQUE LES AILES DU TEMPS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Cinema | 2 | RIALTO · SEW | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 10 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MORLAIX SAINT-MARTIN DES CHAMPS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · AGENCE MORLAIX CORNIC · AGENCE MORLAIX LA BOISSIERE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 26 | BOISSIERE COIFFURE · HILAIRE YOLANDE · CHEZ PRELUDE | INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 4 | HÔTEL DE L'EUROPE · HÔTEL DU PORT · IBIS STYLES MORLAIX · IBIS BUDGET MORLAIX | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Saturday Marché alimentaire samedi jusqu'à 13h30 place Allende ; Marché non-alimentaire samedi toute la journée place des Otages place Allende (marché alimentaire) et place des Otages (marché non-alimentaire). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 15,507 (2012) → 15,194 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 16,701 (1990) → 15,194 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 9,909, of which 5 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Morlaix): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Morlaix): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Morlaix): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Morlaix): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Morlaix): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MORLAIX weather station, 3.8 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 9 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PLEYBER-CHRIST SA, 8.8 km away at 147 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 138 m above 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 994 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MORLAIX, 3.8 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29151/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.morlaix.bzh/vie-quotidienne/marche-de-morlaix— “Marché alimentaire samedi jusqu'à 13h30 place Allende”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29151/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29151/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29151/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29151
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontivy | 56 | 86 km SE | 14,640 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dinan | 22 | 132 km E | 14,764 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 % |
| Landerneau | 29 | 34 km SW | 16,363 | 67.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valserhône | 01 | 777 km E | 16,712 | 64 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argentan | 61 | 281 km E | 13,527 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bayeux | 14 | 241 km E | 12,659 | 66.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landerneau | 29 | 34 km SW | 16,363 | 67.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pontivy | 56 | 86 km SE | 14,640 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dinan | 22 | 132 km E | 14,764 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 % |
| Bayeux | 14 | 241 km E | 12,659 | 66.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Argentan | 61 | 281 km E | 13,527 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valserhône | 01 | 777 km E | 16,712 | 64 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · 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 Morlaix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontivy | 56 | 86 km SE | 14,640 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Lô | 50 | 209 km E | 19,471 | 71.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quimperlé | 29 | 81 km S | 12,469 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fougères | 35 | 195 km E | 20,307 | 74 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étaples | 62 | 449 km NE | 10,710 | 58.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bailleul | 59 | 530 km NE | 14,732 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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