Gestel

Morbihan · CA Lorient Agglomération · INSEE 56063

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

Served 61.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gestel (INSEE 56063) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Lorient Agglomération. Population 2,601 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/56063-gestel

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 8,004 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.54
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (PYLAD · AUTOUR DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (LA TOUR DE PIZZ' · LA CABANE THAI · TAVERNE DICHIPOT CHEZ DOM ET SOPHIE · CHEZ MEME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES FLEURS). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMELINE KERISIT, MÉDECIN · ELODIE LE BAIL, MÉDECIN · LÉA RIVALS, MÉDECIN · VALERIE LE GAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GESTEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (ORIANE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · LT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PYLAD · AUTOUR DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	4	LA TOUR DE PIZZ' · LA CABANE THAI · TAVERNE DICHIPOT CHEZ DOM ET SOPHIE · CHEZ MEME	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES FLEURS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	EMELINE KERISIT, MÉDECIN · ELODIE LE BAIL, MÉDECIN · LÉA RIVALS, MÉDECIN · VALERIE LE GAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GESTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	3	ORIANE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · LT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 525 peak 2017: 2,684 2023: 2,601 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,675 (2012) → 2,601 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,921 (1990) → 2,601 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,201, of which 0.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.2 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 (Gestel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quéven): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gestel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gestel): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gestel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.5

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE weather station, 4.6 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 4.6 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 4.6 km away at 45 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 — 56063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56185
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
Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or	69	666 km E	2,619	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Cubzac-les-Ponts	33	390 km SE	2,693	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Burbure	62	526 km NE	2,834	60	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-Saugnieu	69	692 km E	2,874	66.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Abrest	03	556 km E	2,915	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Mathieu	14	278 km NE	2,331	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mathieu	14	278 km NE	2,331	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cubzac-les-Ponts	33	390 km SE	2,693	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Burbure	62	526 km NE	2,834	60	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Abrest	03	556 km E	2,915	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or	69	666 km E	2,619	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Colombier-Saugnieu	69	692 km E	2,874	66.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Gestel'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
Mathieu	14	278 km NE	2,331	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Coquelles	62	515 km NE	2,638	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bohars	29	106 km NW	3,727	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wizernes	62	523 km NE	3,321	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Carpiquet	14	269 km NE	3,428	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	375 km NE	2,596	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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