La Roche-Maurice

Finistère · CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas · INSEE 29237

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Roche-Maurice (INSEE 29237) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 1,893 (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 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 9,958 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE VIEUX CHATEAU · LE PEPIN ET LA PLUME). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE KASTELL ROC'H). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE LA ROCHE-MAURICE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMÉLIE GUARDIA, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOSSARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE WILLEMAIRE BYDLON). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA ROCHE MAURICE RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ASSOCIATION LECTURE ET LOISIRS). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (MICK COIFFURE · DE MECHES AVEC VOUS · MNCOIFFURE). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LE VIEUX CHATEAU · LE PEPIN ET LA PLUME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE KASTELL ROC'H	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE LA ROCHE-MAURICE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	AMÉLIE GUARDIA, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOSSARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE WILLEMAIRE BYDLON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA ROCHE MAURICE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ASSOCIATION LECTURE ET LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	MICK COIFFURE · DE MECHES AVEC VOUS · MNCOIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,225 peak 2012: 1,919 2023: 1,893 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,919 (2012) → 1,893 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,603 (1990) → 1,893 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 822, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.7 km SWFood shop — 4.1 km SW 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 (Landerneau): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landerneau): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Roche-Maurice): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Roche-Maurice): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Roche-Maurice): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.9▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PENCRAN weather station, 4.1 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[10]

The village sits 95 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LANDIVISIAU, 7.6 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 58 m above 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 1,436 mm of rain a year, spread over 164 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PENCRAN, 4.1 km away at 146 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 — 29237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29237
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
Sinceny	02	558 km E	2,005	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnelles	78	459 km E	2,165	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Ecques	62	528 km NE	2,181	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marcoing	59	565 km E	1,841	34.8	Few services	no figures
Saint-Symphorien	79	372 km SE	1,983	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bavent	14	306 km E	1,885	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bavent	14	306 km E	1,885	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien	79	372 km SE	1,983	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnelles	78	459 km E	2,165	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Ecques	62	528 km NE	2,181	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sinceny	02	558 km E	2,005	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Marcoing	59	565 km E	1,841	34.8	Few services	no figures

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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 La Roche-Maurice'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
Ecques	62	528 km NE	2,181	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rospez	22	67 km NE	1,794	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plouédern	29	3.4 km NW	3,103	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thaon	14	288 km E	1,894	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Daoulas	29	13 km S	1,864	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	8.2 km S	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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