Saint-Thonan

Finistère · CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas · INSEE 29268

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Thonan (INSEE 29268) is in Finistère (29), part of CA du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Population 1,956 (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/29268-saint-thonan

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 9,774 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CHOCOLATERIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LE SIGNOR CREATIONS BIOLOGI). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE GOUTTSSA!). ^[4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CHOCOLATERIE · L'AUBERGE DES JARDINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIELLE COLINAS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE FANNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA CHOCOLATERIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LE SIGNOR CREATIONS BIOLOGI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	FROMAGERIE GOUTTSSA!	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA CHOCOLATERIE · L'AUBERGE DES JARDINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARIELLE COLINAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LES CISEAUX DE FANNY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 556 2023: 1,956 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,485 (2012) → 1,956 (2023): 31.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,083 (1990) → 1,956 (2023): 80.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 736, of which 0.4 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.3 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 5.2 km SE 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 (Saint-Thonan): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Kersaint-Plabennec): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Thonan): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Landerneau): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Thonan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the PLOUDANIEL-INRAE weather station, 2.9 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 2.9 km away at 76 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,142 mm of rain a year, spread over 163 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLOUDANIEL-INRAE, 2.9 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29268/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29268/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29268/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29268/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29103
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
Neuvy	03	611 km E	1,475	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Combaillaux	34	821 km SE	2,001	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Chemaudin et Vaux	25	775 km E	2,113	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Montlaur	31	718 km SE	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Pocé-les-Bois	35	232 km E	1,312	40.9	Partly served	no figures
Lassy	35	191 km E	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lassy	35	191 km E	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pocé-les-Bois	35	232 km E	1,312	40.9	Partly served	no figures
Neuvy	03	611 km E	1,475	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Montlaur	31	718 km SE	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Chemaudin et Vaux	25	775 km E	2,113	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Combaillaux	34	821 km SE	2,001	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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-Thonan'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
Lassy	35	191 km E	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Castelet	14	305 km E	1,850	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cairon	14	297 km E	2,066	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Locmaria-Grand-Champ	56	140 km SE	1,855	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ferques	62	511 km NE	1,770	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Locqueltas	56	141 km SE	2,031	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29268-saint-thonan