Pleyben

Finistère · CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay · INSEE 29162

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

Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pleyben (INSEE 29162) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 3,692 (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/29162-pleyben

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 6,022 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.71	20	14.22
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.57	10	5.71
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LOAS-BLOCH · GOURMANDISES DE L'ENCLOS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · SA LUNIKER). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE ORLAC'H). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LE STEREN'CE TRAITEUR · LE MICKPHIL · LE STIRWEN · LA FEE DELICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CENTRAL BAR · LE MERCURE · LES VOYAGEURS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PER-JAKEZ HELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS HEMON · COLLEGE PRIVE ST GERMAIN). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALDRIC LUCAS, MÉDECIN · LUCAS BEURTON-COURAUD, MÉDECIN · VIVIEN PERIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HOUEIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLEYBEN AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLEYBEN · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PLEYBEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON · COTE SALON COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL LOAS-BLOCH · GOURMANDISES DE L'ENCLOS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · SA LUNIKER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE ORLAC'H	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	LE STEREN'CE TRAITEUR · LE MICKPHIL · LE STIRWEN · LA FEE DELICE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE CENTRAL BAR · LE MERCURE · LES VOYAGEURS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PER-JAKEZ HELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE LOUIS HEMON · COLLEGE PRIVE ST GERMAIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALDRIC LUCAS, MÉDECIN · LUCAS BEURTON-COURAUD, MÉDECIN · VIVIEN PERIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HOUEIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PLEYBEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLEYBEN · CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PLEYBEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON · COTE SALON COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8h30 à 12h30 place Charles de Gaulle. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,713 2023: 3,692 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,684 (2012) → 3,692 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,446 (1990) → 3,692 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,078, of which 4.6 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.8 km SW 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 (Pleyben): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pleyben): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pleyben): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pleyben): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pleyben): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-SEGAL S A weather station, 8.9 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 8.9 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,458 mm of rain a year, spread over 173 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRASPARTS, 7.7 km away at 145 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 — 29162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pleyben.fr/marches/— “Le second se tient tous les samedis matins , de 8h30 à 12h30 sur la place Charles de Gaulle.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29162
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
Éperlecques	62	527 km NE	3,737	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Commequiers	85	229 km SE	3,735	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sulniac	56	121 km SE	3,852	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saucats	33	474 km SE	3,548	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Hasnon	59	586 km NE	3,849	44.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	733 km E	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sulniac	56	121 km SE	3,852	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Commequiers	85	229 km SE	3,735	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saucats	33	474 km SE	3,548	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Éperlecques	62	527 km NE	3,737	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Hasnon	59	586 km NE	3,849	44.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	733 km E	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %

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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 Pleyben'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
Commequiers	85	229 km SE	3,735	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sulniac	56	121 km SE	3,852	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Merlevenez	56	77 km SE	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plerguer	35	160 km E	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Évarzec	29	32 km S	3,574	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sérent	56	118 km E	3,429	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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