Saint-Méen

Finistère · CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes · INSEE 29255

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Méen (INSEE 29255) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Population 942 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/29255-saint-meen

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 14,707 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BOURGADE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MEEN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA BOURGADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MEEN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 537 2023: 942 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 849 (2012) → 942 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 942 (2023): 76.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 1.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km WBakery — 4.2 km WGP — 4.3 km WPharmacy — 4.3 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 (Lesneven): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lesneven): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lesneven): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lesneven): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Méen): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUDANIEL-INRAE weather station, 7.8 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 7.8 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOUIDER, 4.5 km away at 29 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 — 29255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29255
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
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	226 km E	917	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	496 km SE	956	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Rubrouck	59	539 km NE	899	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Houtkerque	59	556 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Quaix-en-Chartreuse	38	842 km E	943	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Arceau	21	716 km E	980	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	226 km E	917	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	496 km SE	956	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Rubrouck	59	539 km NE	899	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Houtkerque	59	556 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Arceau	21	716 km E	980	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Quaix-en-Chartreuse	38	842 km E	943	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · 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 Saint-Méen'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
Houtkerque	59	556 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Derrien	29	6.3 km E	861	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Grèges	76	421 km NE	830	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Joseph	50	227 km NE	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Sève	29	29 km E	1,077	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Kerfourn	56	121 km SE	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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