Plabennec
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plabennec (INSEE 29160) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 8,686 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/29160-plabennec
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 2,826 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 | 0.48 | 25 | 12.07 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.78 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.61 | 10 | 6.1 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.16 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIES DE L IROISE · LA MAISON DU BOULANGER · LE FOURNIL DE PLABENNEC). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE TRETOUT · AU SAINT ANTOINE). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · PLABENNEC DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (LE BERRE JEAN · INANCLI YASAR · LE CHAPEAU THE · LUCKY BOX · TI BREIZH). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE COLIBRI · LE KOP · LE DIABOLO). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE NELSON MANDELA · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE MOAL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE PLOUIDY, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LE HIR, MÉDECIN · MARIE LENORMAND, MÉDECIN · MINH-THU NGUYEN THI, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LISCOUET · PHARMACIE DU BIEN ETRE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE VICTOR SEGALEN). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS RENE LE BRAS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE KERVEGUEN · SALLE OMNISPORTS 4 · SALLE ABBE LE GUEN). [3]
4 × Bank (C.C.M. PLABENNEC BOURG-BLANC · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PLABENNEC · AGENCE PLABENNEC · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (PAUSE COIFFURE · 32 PERRY STREET · O'LONGCOURT). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIES DE L IROISE · LA MAISON DU BOULANGER · LE FOURNIL DE PLABENNEC | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE TRETOUT · AU SAINT ANTOINE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · INTERMARCHE · PLABENNEC DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 8 | LE BERRE JEAN · INANCLI YASAR · LE CHAPEAU THE · LUCKY BOX · TI BREIZH | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE COLIBRI · LE KOP · LE DIABOLO | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE NELSON MANDELA · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | PIERRE MOAL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE PLOUIDY, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LE HIR, MÉDECIN · MARIE LENORMAND, MÉDECIN · MINH-THU NGUYEN THI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE LISCOUET · PHARMACIE DU BIEN ETRE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE VICTOR SEGALEN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | SALLE DE SPORTS RENE LE BRAS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE KERVEGUEN · SALLE OMNISPORTS 4 · SALLE ABBE LE GUEN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | C.C.M. PLABENNEC BOURG-BLANC · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PLABENNEC · AGENCE PLABENNEC · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | PAUSE COIFFURE · 32 PERRY STREET · O'LONGCOURT | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Friday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 8,277 (2012) → 8,686 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 6,600 (1990) → 8,686 (2023): 31.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,849, of which 1.2 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plabennec): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Plabennec): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Plabennec): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plabennec): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Plabennec): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BREST-GUIPAVAS weather station, 5.9 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 84 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 5.9 km away at 92 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,246 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 5.9 km away at 92 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 — 29160/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-plabennec.fr/— “Le marché maintenu ce vendredi alors que l'intensité de la tempête Austen diminue”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29160/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29160/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29160/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29160
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merville | 59 | 562 km NE | 9,808 | 64.7 | Served | no figures |
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 16 km SW | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Loroux-Bottereau | 44 | 269 km SE | 8,552 | 60.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 % |
| Feurs | 42 | 722 km E | 8,367 | 75 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 43 | 744 km SE | 8,823 | 71.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Évron | 53 | 300 km E | 8,252 | 68.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 54 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 16 km SW | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Loroux-Bottereau | 44 | 269 km SE | 8,552 | 60.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 % |
| Évron | 53 | 300 km E | 8,252 | 68.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 54 % |
| Merville | 59 | 562 km NE | 9,808 | 64.7 | Served | no figures |
| Feurs | 42 | 722 km E | 8,367 | 75 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 43 | 744 km SE | 8,823 | 71.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Plabennec'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 16 km SW | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loon-Plage | 59 | 552 km NE | 5,952 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Landivisiau | 29 | 26 km E | 9,426 | 65.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-l'Abbé | 29 | 72 km S | 8,484 | 74.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gravelines | 59 | 546 km NE | 11,430 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gouesnou | 29 | 6.4 km SW | 6,501 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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