Penmarch

Finistère · CC du Pays Bigouden Sud · INSEE 29158

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

Served 61.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Penmarch (INSEE 29158) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays Bigouden Sud. Population 5,508 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/29158-penmarch

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 4,282 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.96	20	19.16
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.38	10	3.78
Housing mix	0.2	5	1.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'HENORET · LES BIGOUDENES DE SAINT GUE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU PORT · LE CLEACH GWENAEL · BARA MAR PLIJ). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ANDOUILLE BIGOUDENNE · TANNEAU AUDE). ^[3]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE · L'EPICERIE DE FAMILLE · REGAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (UTILE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

26 × Restaurant (AMZER ZO · LES ROCHERS · L'ESPRIT DE FAMILLE LE BISTROT · LA GLACIERE · SEA FISH AND CHIPS). ^[3,4]

10 × Café / bar (LE DORIS · LE NAUTILUS · MERLIN · LE TRY MEN · LE CAFE DE LA CALE). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AUGUSTE DUPOUY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE THOMAS DONNARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ZOÉ DANIEL--MUSELLEC, MÉDECIN · GILLES LE PAPE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PORTAL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LE BRAS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ARMELLE ROUGEE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TANGUY · SELARL GRANDE PHARMACIE DE ST GUENOLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GUENOLE RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ECKMUHL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU STER · PLAGE DE PORS CARN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (ELODIE STRUILLOU COIFFEUSE MAQUILLEUSE · DUPRAT AMANDINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · MC NUANCES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL STERENN). ^[3,4]

6 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING VILLAGE DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING DOMAINE DE LA JOIE · FLOWER CAMPING LES GENÊTS · CAMPING GCU DE KERITY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 7 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	L'HENORET · LES BIGOUDENES DE SAINT GUE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU PORT · LE CLEACH GWENAEL · BARA MAR PLIJ	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	L'ANDOUILLE BIGOUDENNE · TANNEAU AUDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE · L'EPICERIE DE FAMILLE · REGAL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	UTILE · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	26	AMZER ZO · LES ROCHERS · L'ESPRIT DE FAMILLE LE BISTROT · LA GLACIERE · SEA FISH AND CHIPS	INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 40 [3,4]
Café / bar	10	LE DORIS · LE NAUTILUS · MERLIN · LE TRY MEN · LE CAFE DE LA CALE	INSEE SIRENE 10 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AUGUSTE DUPOUY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE THOMAS DONNARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	12	ZOÉ DANIEL--MUSELLEC, MÉDECIN · GILLES LE PAPE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PORTAL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LE BRAS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ARMELLE ROUGEE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE TANGUY · SELARL GRANDE PHARMACIE DE ST GUENOLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	SAINT GUENOLE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	1	ECKMUHL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DU STER · PLAGE DE PORS CARN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	ELODIE STRUILLOU COIFFEUSE MAQUILLEUSE · DUPRAT AMANDINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · MC NUANCES	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL STERENN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	6	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING VILLAGE DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING DOMAINE DE LA JOIE · FLOWER CAMPING LES GENÊTS · CAMPING GCU DE KERITY	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 7,320 2023: 5,508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,532 (2012) → 5,508 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,272 (1990) → 5,508 (2023): -12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,138, of which 39.8 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 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 (Penmarch): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Penmarch): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Penmarch): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Penmarch): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 5.5▸

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PTE DE PENMARCH weather station, 3.2 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PTE DE PENMARCH, 3.2 km away at 3 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PTE DE PENMARCH, 3.2 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29158
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 Plaine-sur-Mer	44	178 km SE	4,760	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Cancale	35	208 km NE	5,672	61.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Crozon	29	49 km N	7,499	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Tremblade	17	333 km SE	4,650	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Hourtin	33	385 km SE	4,045	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 59 %
Clohars-Carnoët	29	56 km E	4,708	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crozon	29	49 km N	7,499	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Clohars-Carnoët	29	56 km E	4,708	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
La Plaine-sur-Mer	44	178 km SE	4,760	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Cancale	35	208 km NE	5,672	61.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
La Tremblade	17	333 km SE	4,650	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Hourtin	33	385 km SE	4,045	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 59 %

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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 Penmarch'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
Crozon	29	49 km N	7,499	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Audierne	29	28 km NW	3,727	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trébeurden	22	121 km NE	3,821	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Turballe	44	147 km E	4,850	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ploudalmézeau	29	84 km N	6,522	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plouescat	29	95 km N	3,554	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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