Plouhinec

Morbihan · CC Blavet Bellevue Océan · INSEE 56169

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

Partly served 57/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouhinec (INSEE 56169) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Blavet Bellevue Océan. Population 5,400 (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/56169-plouhinec

Vitality score

Vitality score 57/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 4,370 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	0.36	25	8.95
Social	0.91	20	18.18
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.84	10	8.41
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LEA · O' DELICES DE PLOUHINEC · AU FOURNIL DE LA RIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON LANCELEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DEST'OC). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (AMERICAN'S SNACK · SARL LE GOHEN · LA ROCAILLE). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (MORGAZH CAFE · LE CENTRE · LE BASH CLUB · LE CAFE DE LA BARRE · CAFE DES DUNES). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARLECAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA SAINTE FAMILLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CORENTIN CARRIOU, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE STOUFF, MÉDECIN · HENRI-PIERRE EVANNO, MÉDECIN · GWENAEL LE BECHENNEC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LE CARPENTIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE GERMAINE TILLION). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE KERVEGAN · PLAGE DU MAGUERO). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (INFINITY · COIFFURE LUCIE · LGCREATION AT HOME · AB'HAIR COIFFURE MIXTE · EN TETE A TETE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MOTENO · LA LANDE DU BELIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	SARL LEA · O' DELICES DE PLOUHINEC · AU FOURNIL DE LA RIA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON LANCELEUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DEST'OC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	19	AMERICAN'S SNACK · SARL LE GOHEN · LA ROCAILLE	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	MORGAZH CAFE · LE CENTRE · LE BASH CLUB · LE CAFE DE LA BARRE · CAFE DES DUNES	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARLECAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA SAINTE FAMILLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CORENTIN CARRIOU, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE STOUFF, MÉDECIN · HENRI-PIERRE EVANNO, MÉDECIN · GWENAEL LE BECHENNEC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LE CARPENTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 GERMAINE TILLION	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DE KERVEGAN · PLAGE DU MAGUERO	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	2	CREDIT AGRICOLE DU MORBIHAN · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	6	INFINITY · COIFFURE LUCIE · LGCREATION AT HOME · AB'HAIR COIFFURE MIXTE · EN TETE A TETE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE MOTENO · LA LANDE DU BELIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,451 2023: 5,400 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,214 (2012) → 5,400 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,026 (1990) → 5,400 (2023): 34.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,889, of which 27.2 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 3.6 km SE 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 (Plouhinec): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plouhinec): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plouhinec): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plouhinec): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plouhinec): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the HENNEBONT weather station, 12 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 15.5 km away at 45 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MERLEVENEZ, 4.8 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

339 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 340,000 € — 3,100 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

47 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 170,000 € — 2,712 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Morbihan is 2,080 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56169
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Moëlan-sur-Mer	29	31 km NW	6,749	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plouha	22	111 km N	4,634	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Trégunc	29	48 km W	7,148	65	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Baden	56	26 km E	5,086	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Haye	50	217 km NE	4,029	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Le Mené	22	86 km NE	6,556	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baden	56	26 km E	5,086	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Moëlan-sur-Mer	29	31 km NW	6,749	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Trégunc	29	48 km W	7,148	65	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mené	22	86 km NE	6,556	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Plouha	22	111 km N	4,634	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Haye	50	217 km NE	4,029	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %

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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 Plouhinec'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
Moëlan-sur-Mer	29	31 km NW	6,749	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plouha	22	111 km N	4,634	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Baden	56	26 km E	5,086	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mené	22	86 km NE	6,556	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Combrit	29	71 km W	4,265	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Miniac-Morvan	35	136 km NE	4,408	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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