Poullan-sur-Mer

Finistère · CC Douarnenez Communauté · INSEE 29226

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poullan-sur-Mer (INSEE 29226) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Douarnenez Communauté. Population 1,453 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 11,874 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.39	10	3.93
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.52

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL JAOUEN DIDIER). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA TINY CREPE · TARA PIZZ · SNC KERIVEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE KERINEC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMILLE DOVAL, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOISE LECHAT-BARBOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (POULLAN SUR MER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE POULLAN SUR MER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SEVEN LAURIANNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA BAIE DE DOUARNENEZ). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	SARL JAOUEN DIDIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA TINY CREPE · TARA PIZZ · SNC KERIVEL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE KERINEC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CAMILLE DOVAL, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOISE LECHAT-BARBOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE POULLAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	POULLAN SUR MER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE POULLAN SUR MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SEVEN LAURIANNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA BAIE DE DOUARNENEZ	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: 1,085 peak 1990: 1,627 2023: 1,453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,556 (2012) → 1,453 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,627 (1990) → 1,453 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 852, of which 14.8 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.4 km E 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 (Poullan-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poullan-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Poullan-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Douarnenez): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Poullan-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.2

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 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the POULLAN weather station, 1.3 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PLOVAN, 18.6 km away at 10 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 69 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POULLAN, 1.3 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29226/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29226/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29226/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29226/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29046
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
Corcieux	88	838 km E	1,509	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	450 km E	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Polminhac	15	638 km SE	1,197	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Signy-le-Petit	08	666 km E	1,213	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Régny	42	694 km E	1,447	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Arnac-Pompadour	19	533 km SE	1,205	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soings-en-Sologne	41	450 km E	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Arnac-Pompadour	19	533 km SE	1,205	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Polminhac	15	638 km SE	1,197	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Signy-le-Petit	08	666 km E	1,213	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Régny	42	694 km E	1,447	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Corcieux	88	838 km E	1,509	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · 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 Poullan-sur-Mer'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
Arnèke	59	580 km NE	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pontrieux	22	115 km NE	1,002	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Godewaersvelde	59	593 km NE	2,024	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne	62	532 km NE	1,551	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	397 km NE	1,252	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bréhand	22	141 km E	1,684	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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