Pont-Aven

Finistère · CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération · INSEE 29217

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

Served 63.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pont-Aven (INSEE 29217) is in Finistère (29), part of CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. Population 2,777 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29217-pont-aven

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 7,617 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	0.53	25	13.35
Social	0.93	20	18.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.42	10	4.16
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · BISCUITERIE DE PONT AVEN · CONFISERIE DE L'AVEN · MAISON LE DARZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BOUTIQUE HENAFF PONT AVEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

20 × Restaurant (LES 3 SOEURS · FLORIC PIZZ · MOULIN DU GRAND POULGUIN · ARMELLE · LE TALISMAN). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (COTE RIVIERE · CAFE DU CENTRE · LA RIVIERA). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE NIZON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH - SAINT GUENOLE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE PENANROZ · COLLEGE PRIVE ABBES TANGUY). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS KLOTZ, MÉDECIN · PATRICK VANDEVYVERE, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER REVERDY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DU BOIS D AMOUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PONT-AVEN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PENANROZ). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PONT AVEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (CLAUDINE COIFFURE · NITESCENCE · LE CARRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (SARL LES AJONCS D'OR · LA CHAUMIERE ROZ AVEN · LES MIMOSAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE KERLANN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · BISCUITERIE DE PONT AVEN · CONFISERIE DE L'AVEN · MAISON LE DARZ	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	BOUTIQUE HENAFF PONT AVEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	20	LES 3 SOEURS · FLORIC PIZZ · MOULIN DU GRAND POULGUIN · ARMELLE · LE TALISMAN	INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	COTE RIVIERE · CAFE DU CENTRE · LA RIVIERA	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE NIZON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH - SAINT GUENOLE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE PENANROZ · COLLEGE PRIVE ABBES TANGUY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	THOMAS KLOTZ, MÉDECIN · PATRICK VANDEVYVERE, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER REVERDY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DU BOIS D AMOUR	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	PONT AVEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PONT-AVEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PENANROZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PONT AVEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	CLAUDINE COIFFURE · NITESCENCE · LE CARRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	SARL LES AJONCS D'OR · LA CHAUMIERE ROZ AVEN · LES MIMOSAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DE KERLANN	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: 3,684 2023: 2,777 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,843 (2012) → 2,777 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,031 (1990) → 2,777 (2023): -8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,052, of which 15.3 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.8 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 (Pont-Aven): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-Aven): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont-Aven): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pont-Aven): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pont-Aven): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 17.9▸

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the RIEC SUR BELON weather station, 3.7 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at TREGUNC, 9.4 km away at 25 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at RIEC SUR BELON, 3.7 km away at 77 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 — 29217/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29217/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29217/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29217/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29217
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
Josselin	56	90 km E	2,584	66.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Puttelange-aux-Lacs	57	798 km E	3,016	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	232 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Paulien	43	652 km SE	2,439	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-du-Faou	29	37 km N	3,651	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villaines-la-Juhel	53	263 km E	2,671	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteauneuf-du-Faou	29	37 km N	3,651	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Josselin	56	90 km E	2,584	66.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	232 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %
Villaines-la-Juhel	53	263 km E	2,671	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paulien	43	652 km SE	2,439	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Puttelange-aux-Lacs	57	798 km E	3,016	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Pont-Aven'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
Châteauneuf-du-Faou	29	37 km N	3,651	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Caulnes	22	128 km NE	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rostrenen	22	53 km NE	3,282	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bono	56	64 km E	2,608	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Guerlédan	22	68 km NE	2,532	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lanmeur	29	88 km N	2,387	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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