Plouhinec
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plouhinec (INSEE 29197) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Population 3,919 (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/29197-plouhinec
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 5,755 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 | 0.31 | 25 | 7.79 |
| Social | 0.71 | 20 | 14.22 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.34 | 5 | 1.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JUST MY COOKING · LE PAIN DANS LE JARDIN · KOUIGN.BZH · BREIZH COOK'IN · CHICHERY CANDICE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (CAFE DU PORT · COMME CHEZ MEME · TI KOFATA). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE SULKY · LE CELTIC). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AJONCS). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE BOIS DE LOCQUERAN). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINE DROGOU, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE CHAZAL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PLANTES). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (POULGOAZEC RP · PLOUHINEC LPR RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE RENÉ QUILLIVIC). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE MESPERLEUC · PLAGE DE GWENDREZ). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (NYMPHEA COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel. [3,4]
4 × Campsite (CAMPING LARENVOIE · CAMPING GCU PLOUHINEC · CAMPING LE LOUP BLANC · CAMPING DE KERSINY PLAGE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.
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) | 5 | JUST MY COOKING · LE PAIN DANS LE JARDIN · KOUIGN.BZH · BREIZH COOK'IN · CHICHERY CANDICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | 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 | 9 | CAFE DU PORT · COMME CHEZ MEME · TI KOFATA | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE SULKY · LE CELTIC | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AJONCS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE BOIS DE LOCQUERAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MARINE DROGOU, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE CHAZAL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES PLANTES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | POULGOAZEC RP · PLOUHINEC LPR RP | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE RENÉ QUILLIVIC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 2 | PLAGE DE MESPERLEUC · PLAGE DE GWENDREZ | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | NYMPHEA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 4 | CAMPING LARENVOIE · CAMPING GCU PLOUHINEC · CAMPING LE LOUP BLANC · CAMPING DE KERSINY PLAGE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,107 (2012) → 3,919 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,524 (1990) → 3,919 (2023): -13.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,399, of which 33.2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plouhinec): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plouhinec): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Plouhinec): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Plouhinec): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Plouhinec): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the POULLAN weather station, 10.2 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 99 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at PLOVAN, 13.7 km away at 10 m, over 13 summers. [9]
That station sits 89 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PLOZEVET, 5.9 km away at 70 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 — 29197/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29197/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29197/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29197/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29197
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plobannalec-Lesconil | 29 | 29 km SE | 3,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trébeurden | 22 | 108 km NE | 3,821 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chorges | 05 | 912 km E | 3,146 | 52.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plougonvelin | 29 | 40 km NW | 4,521 | 49.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 % |
| Bréhal | 50 | 240 km NE | 3,487 | 56.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 % |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 29 | 54 km E | 3,651 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plobannalec-Lesconil | 29 | 29 km SE | 3,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plougonvelin | 29 | 40 km NW | 4,521 | 49.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 % |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 29 | 54 km E | 3,651 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trébeurden | 22 | 108 km NE | 3,821 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bréhal | 50 | 240 km NE | 3,487 | 56.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 % |
| Chorges | 05 | 912 km E | 3,146 | 52.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · 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 Plouhinec'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plobannalec-Lesconil | 29 | 29 km SE | 3,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trébeurden | 22 | 108 km NE | 3,821 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 29 | 54 km E | 3,651 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Audierne | 29 | 3.8 km W | 3,727 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rostrenen | 22 | 90 km E | 3,282 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-Aven | 29 | 58 km E | 2,777 | 63.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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