Plonévez-du-Faou

Finistère · CC de Haute Cornouaille · INSEE 29175

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plonévez-du-Faou (INSEE 29175) is in Finistère (29), part of CC de Haute Cornouaille. Population 2,160 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/29175-plonevez-du-faou

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 9,110 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.59	5	2.93
Population trend	0.46	10	4.57
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 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) (COUE · LA P'TITE LICHOUZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GUIZIOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CHAUDRON). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE PRONOSTIC). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (XAVIER BRIANCEAU, MÉDECIN · ANDRE NIHOUARN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

3 × Library (29 - ANTENNE DU PAYS CENTRE OUEST BRETAGNE ESPACE AR VEILH · ANTENNE DU PAYS CENTRE OUEST BRETAGNE ESPACE AR VEILH · BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VALERIE MELL · EASY'COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	COUE · LA P'TITE LICHOUZE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	GUIZIOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE CHAUDRON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE PRONOSTIC	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	XAVIER BRIANCEAU, MÉDECIN · ANDRE NIHOUARN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES DARDOUPS	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	3	29 - ANTENNE DU PAYS CENTRE OUEST BRETAGNE ESPACE AR VEILH · ANTENNE DU PAYS CENTRE OUEST BRETAGNE ESPACE AR VEILH · BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE VALERIE MELL · EASY'COIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday matins Place de l'Eglise (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,063 2023: 2,160 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,153 (2012) → 2,160 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,257 (1990) → 2,160 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,452, of which 16.5 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Plonévez-du-Faou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Plonévez-du-Faou): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plonévez-du-Faou): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plonévez-du-Faou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Plonévez-du-Faou): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 23.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLONEVEZ-DU-FAOU weather station, 1 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SPEZET, 11.2 km away at 138 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,208 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLONEVEZ-DU-FAOU, 1 km away at 163 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

273 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,000 € — 938 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

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 — 29175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.plonevezdufaou.bzh/marche/— “Tous les vendredis matins, différents étals sont présents”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29175
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Guiscriff	56	26 km SE	2,037	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	692 km SE	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferté-en-Ouche	61	326 km E	2,938	66	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Luché-Pringé	72	297 km E	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	83 km E	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Inguiniel	56	51 km SE	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guiscriff	56	26 km SE	2,037	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Inguiniel	56	51 km SE	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	83 km E	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Luché-Pringé	72	297 km E	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Ferté-en-Ouche	61	326 km E	2,938	66	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	692 km SE	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · 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 Plonévez-du-Faou'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
Guiscriff	56	26 km SE	2,037	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	83 km E	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bréhan	56	87 km E	2,306	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	167 km E	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Putanges-le-Lac	61	270 km E	2,093	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ploumilliau	22	52 km NE	2,466	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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