Pénestin

Morbihan · CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique) · INSEE 56155

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

Served 70.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pénestin (INSEE 56155) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Population 2,085 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56155-penestin

Vitality score

Vitality score 70.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 9,340 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	0.73	25	18.22
Social	0.99	20	19.89
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	9.96
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON OLIVIER · LES GATEAUX DE DENIS · KER AMELIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (JOUAN ERWAN · LE LOUCHEBEM). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DIABLOTINE · PENESTIN BEACH · ITALIE SO FOOD). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (BREIZH PIZZA · EURL BACCHUS · LA DOMINIQUE · L'ESCALE · DU COTE DE CHEZ SOAZ). ^[3,4]

9 × Café / bar (LE TIRE-BOUCHON · PUB 21 · O20100O · LE PETIT RADE · EAT'S GREEN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR · ECOLE ST GILDAS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE LALOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE J'AIME LIRE). ^[3]

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

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU POUDRANTAIS · PLAGE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (BONNEAUD LISE · SABRINA COIFFURE · HAIR DE DETENTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE L'ANCRE D'OR). ^[3,4]

8 × Campsite (CAMPING BON ACCUEIL · CAMPING DE KERLAY · CAP'A CAMPING DOMAINE D'INLY · CAMPING LES PARCS · CAMPING CAP FUN LE CENIC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON OLIVIER · LES GATEAUX DE DENIS · KER AMELIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	JOUAN ERWAN · LE LOUCHEBEM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	DIABLOTINE · PENESTIN BEACH · ITALIE SO FOOD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	17	BREIZH PIZZA · EURL BACCHUS · LA DOMINIQUE · L'ESCALE · DU COTE DE CHEZ SOAZ	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4]
Café / bar	9	LE TIRE-BOUCHON · PUB 21 · O20100O · LE PETIT RADE · EAT'S GREEN	INSEE SIRENE 9 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR · ECOLE ST GILDAS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VALERIE LALOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PENESTIN	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHEQUE J'AIME LIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF PETIT BRETON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DU POUDRANTAIS · PLAGE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	BONNEAUD LISE · SABRINA COIFFURE · HAIR DE DETENTE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE L'ANCRE D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	8	CAMPING BON ACCUEIL · CAMPING DE KERLAY · CAP'A CAMPING DOMAINE D'INLY · CAMPING LES PARCS · CAMPING CAP FUN LE CENIC	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,078 2023: 2,085 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,827 (2012) → 2,085 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,394 (1990) → 2,085 (2023): 49.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,931, of which 71 % second homes and 0.8 % 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 (Pénestin): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pénestin): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pénestin): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pénestin): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pénestin): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 31.8

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BILLIERS weather station, 4.7 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ARZAL, 7.8 km away at 26 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BILLIERS, 4.7 km away at 4 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 — 56155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56155
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
Samoëns	74	717 km E	2,203	69	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · humidity 79 %
Combloux	74	717 km E	2,093	63.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	27 km W	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps	74	708 km E	1,492	63.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	13 km SW	2,685	63	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Damgan	56	8.8 km NW	1,943	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Damgan	56	8.8 km NW	1,943	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	13 km SW	2,685	63	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	27 km W	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps	74	708 km E	1,492	63.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Combloux	74	717 km E	2,093	63.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Samoëns	74	717 km E	2,203	69	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Pénestin'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
Damgan	56	8.8 km NW	1,943	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mesquer	44	9.2 km S	2,171	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Barre-de-Monts	85	72 km S	2,367	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Erquy	22	128 km N	3,974	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Quend	80	435 km NE	1,280	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	77 km S	2,420	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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