Poullaouen

Finistère · CC Poher Communauté · INSEE 29227

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poullaouen (INSEE 29227) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Poher Communauté. Population 1,470 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Locmaria-Berrien (29129). ^[3]

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/29227-poullaouen

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 11,804 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.89	20	17.83
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.3	10	2.96
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[4,5]

5 × Restaurant (LA CABANE BLEUE · SO SAVEURS · AUBERGE DE L'EST A L'OUEST · GINTZBURGER DIT KINSBOURG CATHERINE). ^[4,5]

4 × Café / bar (LE RENCARD). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MARC LE COIDIC, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE DE POULLAOUEN). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE POULLAOUEN). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE MARIE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	5	LA CABANE BLEUE · SO SAVEURS · AUBERGE DE L'EST A L'OUEST · GINTZBURGER DIT KINSBOURG CATHERINE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	4	LE RENCARD	INSEE SIRENE 4 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-MARC LE COIDIC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE DE POULLAOUEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE POULLAOUEN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	LES CISEAUX DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,529 2023: 1,470 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,612 (2012) → 1,470 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,846 (1990) → 1,470 (2023): -20.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,211, of which 23.5 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 km SEBakery — 6.3 km S 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 (Kergloff): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Poullaouen): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Poullaouen): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Poullaouen): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Poullaouen): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CARHAIX weather station, 11.1 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SPEZET, 19.6 km away at 138 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,374 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SCRIGNAC, 10.7 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29227/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29227/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29227/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29227/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29227
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
Val de Louyre et Caudeau	24	508 km SE	1,585	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 64 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	390 km SE	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Ladignac-le-Long	87	473 km SE	1,171	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Ceaucé	61	223 km E	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Teilleul	50	206 km E	1,706	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Ploumoguer	29	80 km W	2,074	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ploumoguer	29	80 km W	2,074	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Le Teilleul	50	206 km E	1,706	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Ceaucé	61	223 km E	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	390 km SE	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Ladignac-le-Long	87	473 km SE	1,171	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Val de Louyre et Caudeau	24	508 km SE	1,585	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 64 %

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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 Poullaouen'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
Ceaucé	61	223 km E	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	153 km E	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ploërdut	56	39 km SE	1,255	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Juvigné	53	193 km E	1,327	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Inguiniel	56	49 km SE	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Guilliers	56	98 km E	1,368	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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