Plouguerneau

Finistère · CC du Pays des Abers · INSEE 29195

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

Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouguerneau (INSEE 29195) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 6,755 (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/29195-plouguerneau

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 3,549 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	0.89	20	17.87
Education	0.71	10	7.13
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.79	10	7.85
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

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 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LES 3 ABERS · LA MEULE DE PIERRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COTE MER · TPAKAP 29). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (LA ROUTE DES PHARES · CREPES TY-NEVEZ · MAISON LEGRIS). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (L'ABER CAFE · LA CASCADE · LE CASTEL AC'H · LE RALLYE BAR · BZZZT). ^[4]

5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PHARE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE-YVES THOMAS, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE DESAMBLANC, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LE ROUX-SIMON, MÉDECIN · CONSTANCE NOLLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PRIEUR · PHARMACIE TI AL LOUZOU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE LES TRESORS DE TOLENTE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS JEAN TANGUY · SALLE POLYVALENTE DE LILIA). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLOUGUERNEAU · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (ESSENTIEL COIFFURE · ABERS COIFFURE · CALVEZ KATELL · L'IMAGE IN R · AVEL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE CASTEL AC'H). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA GREVE BLANCHE · CAMPING DU PHARE DE L'ILE VIERGE · CAMPING DU VOUGOT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES 3 ABERS · LA MEULE DE PIERRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COTE MER · TPAKAP 29	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	LA ROUTE DES PHARES · CREPES TY-NEVEZ · MAISON LEGRIS	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	L'ABER CAFE · LA CASCADE · LE CASTEL AC'H · LE RALLYE BAR · BZZZT	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	5	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PHARE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE DIWAN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	PIERRE-YVES THOMAS, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE DESAMBLANC, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LE ROUX-SIMON, MÉDECIN · CONSTANCE NOLLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE PRIEUR · PHARMACIE TI AL LOUZOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE LES TRESORS DE TOLENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE OMNISPORTS JEAN TANGUY · SALLE POLYVALENTE DE LILIA	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PLOUGUERNEAU · CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	8	ESSENTIEL COIFFURE · ABERS COIFFURE · CALVEZ KATELL · L'IMAGE IN R · AVEL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE CASTEL AC'H	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING DE LA GREVE BLANCHE · CAMPING DU PHARE DE L'ILE VIERGE · CAMPING DU VOUGOT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 5,750 2023: 6,755 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,352 (2012) → 6,755 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,255 (1990) → 6,755 (2023): 28.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,573, of which 22.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Plouguerneau): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plouguerneau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plouguerneau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plouguerneau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plouguerneau): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 6.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PLOUDALMEZEAU weather station, 13.4 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 13.4 km away at 40 m, over 16 summers. ^[9]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 13.4 km away at 40 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 — 29195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29195
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
Ploudalmézeau	29	13 km SW	6,522	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arradon	56	166 km SE	5,835	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Machecoul-Saint-Même	44	269 km SE	7,689	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle	64	627 km S	7,264	66.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Pourrières	83	971 km SE	5,642	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche	87	552 km SE	6,830	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ploudalmézeau	29	13 km SW	6,522	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arradon	56	166 km SE	5,835	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Machecoul-Saint-Même	44	269 km SE	7,689	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche	87	552 km SE	6,830	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle	64	627 km S	7,264	66.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Pourrières	83	971 km SE	5,642	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Plouguerneau'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
Ploudalmézeau	29	13 km SW	6,522	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Crozon	29	40 km S	7,499	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lannilis	29	4.2 km S	5,709	60.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plouarzel	29	26 km SW	4,029	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Trébeurden	22	71 km E	3,821	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pordic	22	124 km E	7,454	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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