Saint-Nic

Identity

Saint-Nic (INSEE 29256) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Population 753 (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/29256-saint-nic

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 16,000 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN D ANNETTE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE TRANSAT · CREPERIE DE SAINT COME · LE SPOT BRETON). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE LA PLAGE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT NIC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE SABINE · ROZENN COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (HOMAIR VACANCES · CAMPING DE MENEZ BICHEN LE BISTROT DES PECHEURS LA VAGUE DE BIEN ETRE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 748 (2012) → 753 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 709 (1990) → 753 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,094, of which 60.2 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Nic): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plomodiern): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plomodiern): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plomodiern): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Nic): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the KERLAZ weather station, 13.3 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-SEGAL S A, 14.4 km away at 89 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,215 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-NIC, 2.4 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

64 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 185,500 € — 1,852 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

96 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 76,150 € — 2,800 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Finistère is 1,821 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29256/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29256/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29256/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29256/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29256
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 29172
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025