Plouarzel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plouarzel (INSEE 29177) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays d'Iroise. Population 4,029 (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/29177-plouarzel
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 5,596 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON KERRENEUR). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FINIS TERRA L'ANNEXE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (HOUIDI GWAE). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LE CALABRESE · LA TOUR DE PIZZ'@ · LE DORLAN · TREBOR · TY MAM THAI). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TREZIEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ARZMAEL). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOISE LAZENNEC, MÉDECIN · PAULINE NÉDÉLEC, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR PHILIPPE, MÉDECIN · LAUREN MARION, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CORSEN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOUARZEL LPA AP). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (LE SALON · SOOW R' · LE SALON DE ZOEVA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
4 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE RUSCUMUNOC · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORSCUIDIC · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORTSEVIGNE · CAMPING VERT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 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) | 1 | MAISON KERRENEUR | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | FINIS TERRA L'ANNEXE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | HOUIDI GWAE | 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 | 6 | LE CALABRESE · LA TOUR DE PIZZ'@ · LE DORLAN · TREBOR · TY MAM THAI | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TREZIEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ARZMAEL | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | FRANCOISE LAZENNEC, MÉDECIN · PAULINE NÉDÉLEC, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR PHILIPPE, MÉDECIN · LAUREN MARION, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU CORSEN | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PLOUARZEL LPA AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHÈQUE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | LE SALON · SOOW R' · LE SALON DE ZOEVA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 4 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE RUSCUMUNOC · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORSCUIDIC · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PORTSEVIGNE · CAMPING VERT | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,723 (2012) → 4,029 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,042 (1990) → 4,029 (2023): 97.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,186, of which 17.2 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lampaul-Plouarzel): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plouarzel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Plouarzel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lampaul-Plouarzel): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Plouarzel): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PLOUGONVELIN weather station, 11.9 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 72 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 13.7 km away at 40 m, over 16 summers. [10]
An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LE CONQUET, 7.4 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29177/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29177/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29177/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29177/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29098
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29177
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doussard | 74 | 879 km E | 3,751 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontorson | 50 | 238 km E | 4,280 | 56.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sanguinet | 40 | 521 km SE | 4,741 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 06 | 1,035 km SE | 3,658 | 53.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dieulefit | 26 | 866 km SE | 3,289 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 833 km E | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontorson | 50 | 238 km E | 4,280 | 56.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sanguinet | 40 | 521 km SE | 4,741 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 833 km E | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 % |
| Dieulefit | 26 | 866 km SE | 3,289 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Doussard | 74 | 879 km E | 3,751 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 06 | 1,035 km SE | 3,658 | 53.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Plouarzel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouescat | 29 | 48 km NE | 3,554 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landéda | 29 | 21 km NE | 3,702 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pleslin-Trigavou | 22 | 198 km E | 4,065 | 48.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ploudalmézeau | 29 | 13 km NE | 6,522 | 67.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cléder | 29 | 53 km NE | 3,584 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lannilis | 29 | 22 km NE | 5,709 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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