Plovan

Finistère · CC du Haut Pays Bigouden · INSEE 29214

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plovan (INSEE 29214) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Haut Pays Bigouden. Population 677 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29214-plovan

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 16,558 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (TY KERGOFF TRAITEUR · PENN AR BED · AU BARATY). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOVAN). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE RU VEIN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	TY KERGOFF TRAITEUR · PENN AR BED · AU BARATY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOVAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DE RU VEIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 893 2023: 677 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 666 (2012) → 677 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 648 (1990) → 677 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 620, of which 43.1 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.8 km EBakery — 2.9 km SEGP — 4.0 km NFood shop — 4.4 km NPharmacy — 9.1 km NW 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 (Tréguennec): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouldreuzic): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouldreuzic): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plozévet): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tréogat): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 7.3▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PLOVAN weather station, 1.2 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PLOVAN, 1.2 km away at 10 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PLOVAN, 1.2 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29298
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
Mégevette	74	844 km E	619	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis	30	793 km SE	562	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 %
Val-des-Prés	05	907 km E	593	26	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Labeaume	07	770 km SE	698	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %
Recques-sur-Hem	62	568 km NE	675	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Sondernach	68	851 km E	590	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Recques-sur-Hem	62	568 km NE	675	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Labeaume	07	770 km SE	698	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis	30	793 km SE	562	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 %
Mégevette	74	844 km E	619	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sondernach	68	851 km E	590	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Val-des-Prés	05	907 km E	593	26	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · 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 Plovan'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
Primelin	29	22 km NW	650	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gatteville-le-Phare	50	299 km NE	465	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Solaro	2B	1,266 km SE	736	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Plélauff	22	91 km E	716	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lanmodez	22	139 km NE	394	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bazinghen	62	543 km NE	410	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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