Santec

Finistère · CC Haut-Léon Communauté · INSEE 29273

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

Partly served 50/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Santec (INSEE 29273) is in Finistère (29), part of CC Haut-Léon Communauté. Population 2,454 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/29273-santec

Vitality score

Vitality score 50/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 8,363 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.11
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.3

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 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Fishmonger (SARL LAURANS MAREE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE VELVET CAFE · O'DOSS). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LES DUNES · BARADOZ'IC). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE TANGUY PRIGENT LE DOSSEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE BOSSER, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MALLAURAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DU GULF STREAM). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DE MANUE · L'ATELIER DE CARO · MARGAUX COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING PARADIS LA POINTE DE ROSCOFF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	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	1	SARL LAURANS MAREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE VELVET CAFE · O'DOSS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LES DUNES · BARADOZ'IC	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE TANGUY PRIGENT LE DOSSEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PHILIPPE BOSSER, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MALLAURAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DU GULF STREAM	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	SANTEC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SANTEC	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	4	L'HAIR DE MANUE · L'ATELIER DE CARO · MARGAUX COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING PARADIS LA POINTE DE ROSCOFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,032 2023: 2,454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,328 (2012) → 2,454 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,208 (1990) → 2,454 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,756, of which 27 % second homes and 6.8 % 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 (Santec): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Santec): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Santec): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Santec): 0.2 km to the north-west (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, 5 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at SIBIRIL S A, 6 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, 5 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 — 29273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29273
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
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie	85	280 km SE	2,277	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %
Lampaul-Plouarzel	29	61 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bono	56	143 km SE	2,608	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Le Perrier	85	259 km SE	2,280	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Port-des-Barques	17	379 km SE	1,780	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
L'Escarène	06	1,028 km SE	2,585	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lampaul-Plouarzel	29	61 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bono	56	143 km SE	2,608	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Le Perrier	85	259 km SE	2,280	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie	85	280 km SE	2,277	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %
Port-des-Barques	17	379 km SE	1,780	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
L'Escarène	06	1,028 km SE	2,585	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Santec'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	61 km SW	2,221	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pabu	29	45 km W	2,087	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lanvéoc	29	56 km SW	2,044	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Créhen	22	135 km E	1,671	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hôpital-Camfrout	29	45 km S	2,215	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Landéda	29	42 km W	3,702	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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