Plouvien

Finistère · CC du Pays des Abers · INSEE 29209

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

Few services 37/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouvien (INSEE 29209) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 3,968 (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/29209-plouvien

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 5,673 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.87	10	8.75
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE BOUCHERIE FAMILY). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BISTRO DES MOULINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE KELLING'S). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES MOULINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JAOUA). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT ROPARS, MÉDECIN · CAROLE MOAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PLOUVIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOUVIEN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOUVIEN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL AIR · VOTRE STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE BOUCHERIE FAMILY	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 BISTRO DES MOULINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE KELLING'S	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES MOULINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JAOUA	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	VINCENT ROPARS, MÉDECIN · CAROLE MOAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PLOUVIEN	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	PLOUVIEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOUVIEN	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	2	NOUVEL AIR · VOTRE STYLE	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,291 2023: 3,968 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,708 (2012) → 3,968 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,886 (1990) → 3,968 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,773, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.5 % 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 (Plouvien): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Plouvien): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plouvien): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plouvien): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 14.2▸

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 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BREST-GUIPAVAS weather station, 9.5 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 9.5 km away at 92 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,246 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BREST-GUIPAVAS, 9.5 km away at 92 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 — 29209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29209
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
Nouvoitou	35	222 km E	3,911	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lapalud	84	843 km SE	3,853	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Loperhet	29	20 km SE	3,959	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguer	56	109 km SE	3,460	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Mauves-sur-Loire	44	266 km SE	3,409	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux	49	358 km SE	3,435	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loperhet	29	20 km SE	3,959	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguer	56	109 km SE	3,460	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Nouvoitou	35	222 km E	3,911	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Mauves-sur-Loire	44	266 km SE	3,409	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux	49	358 km SE	3,435	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lapalud	84	843 km SE	3,853	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · 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 Plouvien'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
Loperhet	29	20 km SE	3,959	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner	29	37 km E	3,148	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plumergat	56	144 km SE	4,207	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pleslin-Trigavou	22	176 km E	4,065	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Milizac-Guipronvel	29	10 km SW	4,816	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Guiclan	29	36 km E	2,585	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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