Plouay
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plouay (INSEE 56166) is in Morbihan (56), part of CA Lorient Agglomération. Population 5,755 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/56166-plouay
Vitality score
Vitality score 66.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 4,092 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 | 0.66 | 25 | 16.55 |
| Social | 0.85 | 20 | 16.91 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.64 | 10 | 6.44 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.91 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE BRIZE CHRISTOPHE · AU FOUR ET AU MOULIN · TY DAOUDAL · O' SAVEURS GOURMANDES · MA VIE DE COOKIE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (E.U.R.L. COCHON DE COAT ECUFF · BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE J.P. JOUBIN · LE PORCELET ROSE). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SIGNATURE TERROIR · HUIT A HUIT · LE MASSON). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (NETTO · CARREFOUR MARKET · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (PESKED). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (RESTAVY'GRILL · LE DOUCE FRANCE · JA..TIRE LES CREPES ! · DILAN KEBAB · TY COIN DES COPAINS). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (LE COUP DU MENHIR · LE BEL AIR · LES TEMPS MODERNES · CELTIC BAR · LE DIABLO CLUB). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ARC EN CIEL). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MANEHOUARN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE MARCEL PAGNOL · COLLEGE PRIVE ST OUEN LASALLE). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CINDY JOUAUX, MÉDECIN · RONAN LE BRIS, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE FERRY, MÉDECIN · CHLOE GUENNEC, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE DUQUENNE, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE KERSTEVAL · PHARMACIE CENTRALE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PLOUAY). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE MANEHOUARN MANEHOUARN). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PLOUAY · AGENCE PLOUAY · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (FAP · VIG-VOG COIFFURE · ALLO PEGGY COIFFURE · SAVOIR F'HAIR). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DES 3 CHATEAUX). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | LE BRIZE CHRISTOPHE · AU FOUR ET AU MOULIN · TY DAOUDAL · O' SAVEURS GOURMANDES · MA VIE DE COOKIE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | E.U.R.L. COCHON DE COAT ECUFF · BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE J.P. JOUBIN · LE PORCELET ROSE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | SIGNATURE TERROIR · HUIT A HUIT · LE MASSON | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | NETTO · CARREFOUR MARKET · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | PESKED | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 8 | RESTAVY'GRILL · LE DOUCE FRANCE · JA..TIRE LES CREPES ! · DILAN KEBAB · TY COIN DES COPAINS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | LE COUP DU MENHIR · LE BEL AIR · LES TEMPS MODERNES · CELTIC BAR · LE DIABLO CLUB | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ARC EN CIEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MANEHOUARN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE MARCEL PAGNOL · COLLEGE PRIVE ST OUEN LASALLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | CINDY JOUAUX, MÉDECIN · RONAN LE BRIS, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE FERRY, MÉDECIN · CHLOE GUENNEC, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE DUQUENNE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE KERSTEVAL · PHARMACIE CENTRALE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 DE PLOUAY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE MANEHOUARN MANEHOUARN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PLOUAY · AGENCE PLOUAY · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | FAP · VIG-VOG COIFFURE · ALLO PEGGY COIFFURE · SAVOIR F'HAIR | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DES 3 CHATEAUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 5,336 (2012) → 5,755 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,834 (1990) → 5,755 (2023): 19.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,965, of which 3.3 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plouay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plouay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Plouay): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Plouay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Plouay): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the PLOUAY-SA weather station, 0.7 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 80 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 18.6 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,169 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PLOUAY-SA, 0.7 km away at 75 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 — 56166/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56166/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56166/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56166/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56166
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarrians | 84 | 770 km SE | 5,792 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tournus | 71 | 640 km E | 5,701 | 66 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Pouzauges | 85 | 226 km SE | 5,668 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 69 | 616 km E | 5,771 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Melle | 79 | 306 km SE | 5,752 | 58 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montpon-Ménestérol | 24 | 420 km SE | 5,866 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouzauges | 85 | 226 km SE | 5,668 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Melle | 79 | 306 km SE | 5,752 | 58 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montpon-Ménestérol | 24 | 420 km SE | 5,866 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 % |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 69 | 616 km E | 5,771 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tournus | 71 | 640 km E | 5,701 | 66 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sarrians | 84 | 770 km SE | 5,792 | 48.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Plouay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 50 | 213 km NE | 5,893 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 50 | 182 km NE | 5,770 | 73.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gévezé | 35 | 120 km E | 6,061 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laillé | 35 | 120 km E | 5,225 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maen Roch | 35 | 156 km E | 5,088 | 61.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montauban-de-Bretagne | 35 | 101 km E | 6,597 | 66.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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