Roscoff

Finistère · CC Haut-Léon Communauté · INSEE 29239

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

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Roscoff (INSEE 29239) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Haut-Léon Communauté. Population 3,334 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/29239-roscoff

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 6,525 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	13.15
Social	0.93	20	18.63
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.4	10	3.98
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · EURL PATISSERIE GUYADER · PERON RONAN · BOULANGERIE GUILLOU · LA BOITE A GATEAUX). ^[3,4]

5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES GOURMANDISES DE LUCETTE · LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE · CH'TITE EPICERIE · LA BISCUITERIE DU LEON 2 · LA PETITE EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CASINO SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

25 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU QUAI · LES ALIZES · CREPERIE DE LA POSTE · SARL JALIMA). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (L'ALBATROS · KFE DU LABER · LE SAILOR · LE WINCH · LE GLAZ BAR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MOGUEROU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ANGE GARDIEN). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHELE MARCHALAND-COUSQUER, MÉDECIN · ERIC LE NEN, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CATHERINE BERNICOT--LECUYER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (STE BARBE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU LEON · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (HAIRPORT · C AU CARRE · LE SALON SIGNE NATALY · LE SALON DE CHARLOTTE). ^[3,4]

12 × Hotel (HÔTEL VALDYS BEAU RIVAGE · HÔTEL ORIGINALS CITY ARMEN LE TRITON · HOTEL BELLEVUE · HÔTEL LES ARCADES · HOTEL IBIS ROSCOFF BORD DE MER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.

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)	8	MAISON GEORGES LARNICOL · EURL PATISSERIE GUYADER · PERON RONAN · BOULANGERIE GUILLOU · LA BOITE A GATEAUX	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	5	LES GOURMANDISES DE LUCETTE · LA COMPAGNIE BRETONNE · CH'TITE EPICERIE · LA BISCUITERIE DU LEON 2 · LA PETITE EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CASINO SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	25	AUBERGE DU QUAI · LES ALIZES · CREPERIE DE LA POSTE · SARL JALIMA	INSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [3,4]
Café / bar	8	L'ALBATROS · KFE DU LABER · LE SAILOR · LE WINCH · LE GLAZ BAR	INSEE SIRENE 8 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MOGUEROU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ANGE GARDIEN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MICHELE MARCHALAND-COUSQUER, MÉDECIN · ERIC LE NEN, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CATHERINE BERNICOT--LECUYER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	STE BARBE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU LEON · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	HAIRPORT · C AU CARRE · LE SALON SIGNE NATALY · LE SALON DE CHARLOTTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	12	HÔTEL VALDYS BEAU RIVAGE · HÔTEL ORIGINALS CITY ARMEN LE TRITON · HOTEL BELLEVUE · HÔTEL LES ARCADES · HOTEL IBIS ROSCOFF BORD DE MER	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,339 peak 1990: 3,711 2023: 3,334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,515 (2012) → 3,334 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,711 (1990) → 3,334 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,134, of which 37.1 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Roscoff): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Roscoff): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Roscoff): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Roscoff): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Roscoff): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 2▸

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BATZ weather station, 3 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at SIBIRIL S A, 10 km away at 52 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BATZ, 3 km away at 32 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 — 29239/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29239/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29239/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29239/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29239
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
Bernières-sur-Mer	14	268 km E	2,437	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Touques	14	306 km E	3,913	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Guilvinec	29	106 km S	2,669	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Les Houches	74	871 km E	3,515	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bénodet	29	95 km S	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda	66	866 km SE	3,529	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bénodet	29	95 km S	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Guilvinec	29	106 km S	2,669	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bernières-sur-Mer	14	268 km E	2,437	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Touques	14	306 km E	3,913	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda	66	866 km SE	3,529	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Les Houches	74	871 km E	3,515	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · 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 Roscoff'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
Guilvinec	29	106 km S	2,669	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Trégastel	22	36 km E	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Perros-Guirec	22	41 km E	7,336	68.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Binic-Étables-sur-Mer	22	85 km E	7,041	69	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quay-Portrieux	22	85 km E	3,224	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Treffiagat	29	105 km S	2,429	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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