Plomelin

Finistère · CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale · INSEE 29170

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plomelin (INSEE 29170) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Population 4,239 (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/29170-plomelin

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 5,378 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.37	20	7.49
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.6	10	5.95
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LE FOURNIL DES MENHIRS · PAINS & CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TY BILLOT GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · MEGA ORGANICS SAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (L. U. DIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SARL LA CABANE · TY GRILL & MEZZE · BARA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TI CASTEL). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE AUBRAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE L'ASSOMPTION). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENOIT LAGADEC, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE LE GALL-ROUDAUT, MÉDECIN · DANIEL LE CORGNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOMELIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE PLOMELIN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET CULTUREL KERNE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (L'SY COIFFURE · COIFF & CHIC). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL LE FOURNIL DES MENHIRS · PAINS & CO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TY BILLOT GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	CARREFOUR EXPRESS · MEGA ORGANICS SAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	L. U. DIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SARL LA CABANE · TY GRILL & MEZZE · BARA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	TI CASTEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE AUBRAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE L'ASSOMPTION	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BENOIT LAGADEC, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE LE GALL-ROUDAUT, MÉDECIN · DANIEL LE CORGNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PLOMELIN	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	PLOMELIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE PLOMELIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	MAIRIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET CULTUREL KERNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	L'SY COIFFURE · COIFF & CHIC	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,321 2023: 4,239 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,155 (2012) → 4,239 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,870 (1990) → 4,239 (2023): 9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,115, of which 4.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 km N 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 (Plomelin): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plomelin): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plomelin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plomelin): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plomelin): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOMELIN-INRAE weather station, 2.2 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at PLOMELIN-INRAE, 2.2 km away at 33 m, over 24 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,148 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PLOMELIN-INRAE, 2.2 km away at 33 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 — 29170/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29170/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29170/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29170/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29170
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-Just-Malmont	43	707 km E	4,239	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Florentin	89	587 km E	4,164	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Maîche	25	824 km E	4,254	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Nozay	44	193 km E	4,292	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Yvré-l'Évêque	72	329 km E	4,181	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Solesmes	59	611 km NE	4,142	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nozay	44	193 km E	4,292	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Yvré-l'Évêque	72	329 km E	4,181	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Florentin	89	587 km E	4,164	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Solesmes	59	611 km NE	4,142	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-Malmont	43	707 km E	4,239	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Maîche	25	824 km E	4,254	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Plomelin'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
Torigny-les-Villes	50	264 km NE	4,444	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Châtelaudren-Plouagat	22	109 km NE	3,974	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Tinténiac	35	177 km E	3,939	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-l'Évêque	14	352 km NE	5,145	70.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tinchebray-Bocage	61	269 km E	4,813	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pontorson	50	208 km E	4,280	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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