Saint-Pabu

Finistère · CC du Pays des Abers · INSEE 29257

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pabu (INSEE 29257) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays des Abers. Population 2,087 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29257-saint-pabu

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 9,332 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	9.99
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.49

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE THALASSA · MAC COYOTE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'ABER BENOIT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MARTIN). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN BERNARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VILLARS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PABU RP). ^[3]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ABER BENOÎT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE THALASSA · MAC COYOTE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'ABER BENOIT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MARTIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALAIN BERNARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VILLARS	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	SAINT PABU RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE ROZ AVEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE L'ABER BENOÎT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,283 2023: 2,087 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,051 (2012) → 2,087 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,392 (1990) → 2,087 (2023): 49.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,392, of which 25.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 km WGP — 0.7 km WBakery — 3.2 km NE 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 (Landéda): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pabu): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pabu): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pabu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pabu): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 6.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOUDALMEZEAU weather station, 4.9 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 4.9 km away at 40 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 4.9 km away at 40 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 — 29257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29257
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
Peri	2A	1,282 km SE	2,044	51	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Lampaul-Plouarzel	29	18 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie	85	296 km SE	2,277	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Avrillé	85	330 km SE	1,403	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Santec	29	45 km E	2,454	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Perrier	85	275 km SE	2,280	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lampaul-Plouarzel	29	18 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Santec	29	45 km E	2,454	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Perrier	85	275 km SE	2,280	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie	85	296 km SE	2,277	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Avrillé	85	330 km SE	1,403	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Peri	2A	1,282 km SE	2,044	51	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 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 Saint-Pabu'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
Lampaul-Plouarzel	29	18 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Santec	29	45 km E	2,454	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Plogastel-Saint-Germain	29	70 km S	2,024	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lanvéoc	29	33 km S	2,044	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Créhen	22	176 km E	1,671	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hôpital-Camfrout	29	38 km SE	2,215	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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