Plouédern
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plouédern (INSEE 29181) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 3,103 (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/29181-plouedern
Vitality score
Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 6,925 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.53 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.23 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (JEANNINE GAC · LA CREPERIE ROULANTE · MO, FEE DES CREPES). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (LE RELAX CAFE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT EDERN). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YOHANN ALIX, MÉDECIN · ERWIN GUILCHER, MÉDECIN · CELINE PRUDHOMME, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOURG). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOUEDERN AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [4]
3 × Hairdresser (BOUCLES D'HAIR). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | JEANNINE GAC · LA CREPERIE ROULANTE · MO, FEE DES CREPES | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE RELAX CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT EDERN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | YOHANN ALIX, MÉDECIN · ERWIN GUILCHER, MÉDECIN · CELINE PRUDHOMME, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU BOURG | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PLOUEDERN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | BOUCLES D'HAIR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,792 (2012) → 3,103 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,537 (1990) → 3,103 (2023): 22.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,357, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Landerneau): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Landerneau): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Plouédern): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Roche-Maurice): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Plouédern): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PENCRAN weather station, 4.9 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 98 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 6.4 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. [11]
An average of 1,436 mm of rain a year, spread over 164 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PENCRAN, 4.9 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
149 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 214,000 € — 1,777 € per m² of built surface. [12]
5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 102,500 € — 1,139 € per m². [12]
The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
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
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29181/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29181/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29181/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29181/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29103
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29181
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29237
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salomé | 59 | 560 km NE | 3,182 | 34.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boussay | 44 | 279 km SE | 2,884 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 % |
| Saint-Mars-de-Coutais | 44 | 242 km SE | 2,698 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Falck | 57 | 800 km E | 2,482 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ennevelin | 59 | 579 km NE | 2,416 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mommenheim | 67 | 873 km E | 2,340 | 52.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mars-de-Coutais | 44 | 242 km SE | 2,698 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boussay | 44 | 279 km SE | 2,884 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 % |
| Salomé | 59 | 560 km NE | 3,182 | 34.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ennevelin | 59 | 579 km NE | 2,416 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Falck | 57 | 800 km E | 2,482 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mommenheim | 67 | 873 km E | 2,340 | 52.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · 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 Plouédern'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-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner | 29 | 22 km E | 3,148 | 44.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plumergat | 56 | 129 km SE | 4,207 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ecques | 62 | 530 km NE | 2,181 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieux-Berquin | 59 | 554 km NE | 2,628 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ploudaniel | 29 | 7.7 km NW | 3,732 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Roche-Maurice | 29 | 3.4 km SE | 1,893 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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