Pencran

Finistère · CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas · INSEE 29156

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pencran (INSEE 29156) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 2,234 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/29156-pencran

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 8,878 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	0
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DEUS'TA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ILE AUX CHEVEUX). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	DEUS'TA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	L'ILE AUX CHEVEUX	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 538 2023: 2,234 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,823 (2012) → 2,234 (2023): 22.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,182 (1990) → 2,234 (2023): 89 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 872, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km NWFood shop — 1.6 km NWGP — 1.6 km NWPharmacy — 1.7 km NW 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 (Landerneau): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landerneau): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Landerneau): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Landerneau): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pencran): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 16.4▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PENCRAN weather station, 0.4 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 163 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 10 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 87 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 1,436 mm of rain a year, spread over 164 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PENCRAN, 0.4 km away at 146 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 — 29156/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29156/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29156/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29156/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29156
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-Désir	14	335 km E	1,756	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Cunac	81	706 km SE	1,626	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-Nuelles	69	728 km E	2,246	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Plappeville	57	762 km E	2,027	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Réau	77	505 km E	2,127	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pavace	72	331 km E	2,007	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pavace	72	331 km E	2,007	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Désir	14	335 km E	1,756	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Réau	77	505 km E	2,127	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Cunac	81	706 km SE	1,626	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-Nuelles	69	728 km E	2,246	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Plappeville	57	762 km E	2,027	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Pencran'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
Rogerville	76	349 km E	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay	76	346 km NE	1,766	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Val-Saint-Père	50	212 km E	1,898	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-du-Manoir	76	348 km E	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles	76	420 km NE	1,798	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Steene	59	551 km NE	1,405	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29156-pencran