Locmariaquer

Morbihan · CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique · INSEE 56116

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

Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Locmariaquer (INSEE 56116) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Population 1,577 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 11,252 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.93	20	18.68
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.7	10	7.05
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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) (L'ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

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

6 × Restaurant (LES ILES · SARL TSARA · TY PIZZA · VENT DE CREPES · L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LA JOUB · LE TRIBORD · AU P'TIT BAR). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SERGE BAERT, MÉDECIN · AUDREY DIDIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ZÉNAÏDE FLEURIOT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UNE COIFFEUSE A LA MAISON). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE NEPTUNE · L'ESCALE · HÔTEL LA VOILE · LE RELAIS DE KERPENHIR). ^[3,4]

5 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FALAISE · DOMAINE RÉSIDENTIEL DE KERPENHIR SARL D.R.K.P. · CAMPING LANN BRICK · CAMPING DE LA TOUR · CAMPING LA FERME FLEURIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

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)	2	L'ATELIER DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	6	LES ILES · SARL TSARA · TY PIZZA · VENT DE CREPES · L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LA JOUB · LE TRIBORD · AU P'TIT BAR	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VOTTEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SERGE BAERT, MÉDECIN · AUDREY DIDIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE ZÉNAÏDE FLEURIOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	UNE COIFFEUSE A LA MAISON	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HÔTEL LE NEPTUNE · L'ESCALE · HÔTEL LA VOILE · LE RELAIS DE KERPENHIR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Campsite	5	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FALAISE · DOMAINE RÉSIDENTIEL DE KERPENHIR SARL D.R.K.P. · CAMPING LANN BRICK · CAMPING DE LA TOUR · CAMPING LA FERME FLEURIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,265 peak 2007: 1,632 2023: 1,577 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,600 (2012) → 1,577 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,309 (1990) → 1,577 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,100, of which 59.4 % second homes and 0.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.2 km NE 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 (Locmariaquer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Locmariaquer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Locmariaquer): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Larmor-Baden): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Locmariaquer): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 21

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LARMOR-BADEN weather station, 4.7 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VANNES-SENE, 17.8 km away at 3 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LARMOR-BADEN, 4.7 km away at 15 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 — 56116/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/38/328bdb25-3e2d-35c3-86fd-54bd29264948— “Marché hebdomadaire à Locmariaquer”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56116/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56116/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56116/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56106
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
Sari-Solenzara	2A	1,162 km SE	1,445	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Trévou-Tréguignec	22	141 km N	1,603	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Olmeto	2A	1,140 km SE	1,289	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Vielle-Saint-Girons	40	422 km S	1,518	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 66 %
Pleaux	15	480 km SE	1,470	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Abondance	74	747 km E	1,583	64.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trévou-Tréguignec	22	141 km N	1,603	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Vielle-Saint-Girons	40	422 km S	1,518	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 66 %
Pleaux	15	480 km SE	1,470	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Abondance	74	747 km E	1,583	64.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Olmeto	2A	1,140 km SE	1,289	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Sari-Solenzara	2A	1,162 km SE	1,445	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 73 % · 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 Locmariaquer'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
Plougrescant	22	143 km N	1,242	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Larmor-Baden	56	4.1 km NE	917	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	11 km SE	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Damgan	56	28 km E	1,943	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Barre-de-Monts	85	99 km SE	2,367	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pirou	50	205 km NE	1,514	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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