Plouzané
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plouzané (INSEE 29212) is in Finistère (29), part of Brest Métropole. Population 13,567 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/29212-plouzane
Vitality score
Vitality score 47/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 1,821 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 | 0.3 | 25 | 7.54 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.68 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ISA & FLO · LA TRADITION DU PAIN · AU PAIN'GAM · LA FONTAINE A PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE PLOUZANE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE DE GORREKEAR). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (BIOCOOP · LIDL · KERALAN · TREMA). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (SOCIETE RAGUENES MAREE). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (AU BON ACCUEIL · MILLE ET UNE LUNES · KERALAN RESTAURATION · SO PIZZ' · MIDTOWN). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE COAT EDERN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEANNE MALIVEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CROAS SALIOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANITA CONTI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE VICTOIRE DAUBIE · COLLEGE DE KERALLAN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MICHEL). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-CECILE BERNICOT, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CHAMBRY, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE LE GALL, MÉDECIN · MARINE KERDONCUFF, MÉDECIN · PERRINE LE FLOCH, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA TRINITE · PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE DE COUTURES DIEBOLD). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA TRINITE PLOUZANE · AGENCE PLOUZANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (PIL'S POIL' COIFFURE · O'SALON · LE SALON DU CHEVEU). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU BOIS). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 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) | 4 | ISA & FLO · LA TRADITION DU PAIN · AU PAIN'GAM · LA FONTAINE A PAIN | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DE PLOUZANE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE MARCHE DE GORREKEAR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | BIOCOOP · LIDL · KERALAN · TREMA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | SOCIETE RAGUENES MAREE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 11 | AU BON ACCUEIL · MILLE ET UNE LUNES · KERALAN RESTAURATION · SO PIZZ' · MIDTOWN | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE COAT EDERN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEANNE MALIVEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CROAS SALIOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANITA CONTI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE VICTOIRE DAUBIE · COLLEGE DE KERALLAN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MICHEL | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | ANNE-CECILE BERNICOT, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CHAMBRY, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE LE GALL, MÉDECIN · MARINE KERDONCUFF, MÉDECIN · PERRINE LE FLOCH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DE LA TRINITE · PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE DE COUTURES DIEBOLD | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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 CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCOIS MITTERRAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA TRINITE PLOUZANE · AGENCE PLOUZANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU FINISTERE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | PIL'S POIL' COIFFURE · O'SALON · LE SALON DU CHEVEU | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DU BOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday à partir de 8h30 place du Commerce. [5]
Trajectory
Population 12,005 (2012) → 13,567 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 11,400 (1990) → 13,567 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,855, of which 1.4 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plouzané): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Plouzané): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Plouzané): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plouzané): 1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Plouzané): 0.1 km to the east (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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CAMARET weather station, 11.8 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 77 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LANVEOC, 16.4 km away at 81 m, over 30 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, 11.4 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29212/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://plouzane.bzh/ma-ville/plouzane-ville-phare/— “Tous les mercredis matin, à partir de 8h30, sur la place du Commerce.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29212/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29212/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29212/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29212
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genas | 69 | 784 km E | 13,421 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Avé | 56 | 159 km SE | 12,470 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creutzwald | 57 | 832 km E | 12,254 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guipavas | 29 | 16 km NE | 15,538 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plérin | 22 | 136 km E | 14,425 | 65.5 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire | 24 | 541 km SE | 10,759 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guipavas | 29 | 16 km NE | 15,538 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plérin | 22 | 136 km E | 14,425 | 65.5 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Avé | 56 | 159 km SE | 12,470 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire | 24 | 541 km SE | 10,759 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 % |
| Genas | 69 | 784 km E | 13,421 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creutzwald | 57 | 832 km E | 12,254 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · 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 Plouzané'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guipavas | 29 | 16 km NE | 15,538 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plougastel-Daoulas | 29 | 17 km E | 13,434 | 52.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guilers | 29 | 5.8 km NE | 8,268 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gouesnou | 29 | 13 km NE | 6,501 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 6.2 km N | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landivisiau | 29 | 42 km E | 9,426 | 65.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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