Guern

Identity

Guern (INSEE 56076) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Pontivy Communauté. Population 1,411 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/56076-guern

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 12,045 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (L'ILE AUX OISEAUX · AUX ANGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,368 (2012) → 1,411 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,409 (1990) → 1,411 (2023): 0.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 868, of which 14.9 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Melrand): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Melrand): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Guémené-sur-Scorff): 9.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Sourn): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Guern): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PONTIVY weather station, 11.5 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 139 m. ^[12]

The village sits 56 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PONTIVY, 11.5 km away at 83 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 56 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONTIVY, 11.5 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56076/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56076/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56076/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56076/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56128
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56073
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56246
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56076
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024