Pluguffan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pluguffan (INSEE 29216) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Population 4,223 (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/29216-pluguffan
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 5,385 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.62 | 20 | 12.41 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.04 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FLOCH JEAN · LELGOUARCH). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (LE GIBUS · TI BIGOUD PIZZ · BILLIG LOKAL · TAC TIC TAC · STEFFRITE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE BOVARO). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE A DE SAINT EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES GRACES). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE LE BIAVANT, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA KERNOURS, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU MARLIER, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENTINE DE SORAS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE PLUGUFFAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PLUGUFFAN MARILOU RP). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE PLUGUFFAN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ART'ALYS · VERO & CISEAUX · SG COIFFURE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FLOCH JEAN · LELGOUARCH | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 | 5 | LE GIBUS · TI BIGOUD PIZZ · BILLIG LOKAL · TAC TIC TAC · STEFFRITE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE BOVARO | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE A DE SAINT EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES GRACES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CHRISTELLE LE BIAVANT, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA KERNOURS, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU MARLIER, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENTINE DE SORAS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DE PLUGUFFAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PLUGUFFAN MARILOU RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE DE PLUGUFFAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | COIFFURE ART'ALYS · VERO & CISEAUX · SG COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 16h à 19h place de l'Eglise. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,735 (2012) → 4,223 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,238 (1990) → 4,223 (2023): 30.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,055, of which 2.6 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pluguffan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Pluguffan): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Pluguffan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Pluguffan): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Pluguffan): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the QUIMPER weather station, 1.4 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at QUIMPER, 1.4 km away at 82 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,205 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at QUIMPER, 1.4 km away at 82 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 — 29216/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://pluguffan.bzh/le-marche/— “le marché du bourg a lieu une fois par semaine, le vendredi de 16h à 19h sur la place du 19 mars 1962”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29216/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29216/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29216/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 29216
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 44 | 232 km SE | 4,156 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fay-de-Bretagne | 44 | 189 km E | 4,023 | 40.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 51 % |
| Ingwiller | 67 | 865 km E | 3,995 | 50 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bruffière | 85 | 248 km SE | 3,987 | 41.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 % |
| Replonges | 01 | 709 km E | 3,956 | 44.5 | Partly served | no figures |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 54 | 755 km E | 3,912 | 44.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay-de-Bretagne | 44 | 189 km E | 4,023 | 40.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 51 % |
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 44 | 232 km SE | 4,156 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Bruffière | 85 | 248 km SE | 3,987 | 41.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 % |
| Replonges | 01 | 709 km E | 3,956 | 44.5 | Partly served | no figures |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 54 | 755 km E | 3,912 | 44.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 % |
| Ingwiller | 67 | 865 km E | 3,995 | 50 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · 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 Pluguffan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commequiers | 85 | 222 km SE | 3,735 | 46 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plumergat | 56 | 98 km E | 4,207 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Évarzec | 29 | 13 km E | 3,574 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gourin | 56 | 46 km NE | 3,960 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourg-Blanc | 29 | 63 km NW | 3,573 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes | 35 | 183 km NE | 4,720 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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