Gourhel

Morbihan · CC Ploërmel Communauté · INSEE 56065

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gourhel (INSEE 56065) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Ploërmel Communauté. Population 711 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,342 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AU P'TIT PARIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF' ET CIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	2	AU P'TIT PARIS	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 PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	COIFF' ET CIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 177 2023: 711 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 623 (2012) → 711 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 418 (1990) → 711 (2023): 70.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km WBakery — 2.1 km WGP — 2.5 km WPharmacy — 2.5 km W 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 (Ploërmel): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ploërmel): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ploërmel): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ploërmel): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gourhel): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.1

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOERMEL weather station, 3.1 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 93 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PLOERMEL, 3.1 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOERMEL, 3.1 km away at 65 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 — 56065/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56065/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56065/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56065/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56065
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
Zimming	57	672 km E	710	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Marieulles	57	635 km E	700	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lantéfontaine	54	625 km E	730	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Andoins	64	541 km S	727	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Limendous	64	545 km S	690	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Notre-Dame-du-Pé	72	154 km E	710	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-du-Pé	72	154 km E	710	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Andoins	64	541 km S	727	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Limendous	64	545 km S	690	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Lantéfontaine	54	625 km E	730	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Marieulles	57	635 km E	700	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Zimming	57	672 km E	710	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Gourhel'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
Monthuchon	50	145 km NE	705	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villy-Bocage	14	180 km NE	728	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	271 km NE	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lynde	59	464 km NE	783	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fienvillers	80	413 km NE	663	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villequier-Aumont	02	450 km NE	684	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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