Plouray

Morbihan · CC Roi Morvan Communauté · INSEE 56170

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plouray (INSEE 56170) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Roi Morvan Communauté. Population 1,060 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56170-plouray

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 13,992 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.83
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL GRAINES DE SESAAME). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AR BOSER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES SOEURS MAGUI). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GWÉNAËL LE BEUX, MÉDECIN · CHANDAN SUNT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE-LUDOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOURAY). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU ER LANN VRAS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL GRAINES DE SESAAME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AR BOSER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LES SOEURS MAGUI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	GWÉNAËL LE BEUX, MÉDECIN · CHANDAN SUNT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	MEDIATHEQUE-LUDOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PLOURAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU ER LANN VRAS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,406 2023: 1,060 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,117 (2012) → 1,060 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,200 (1990) → 1,060 (2023): -11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 715, of which 13.4 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.3 km SPharmacy — 11.3 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 (Plouray): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plouray): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plouray): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rostrenen): 11.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 36.2

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PLOURAY weather station, 4.9 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 198 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PLOURAY, 4.9 km away at 205 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,275 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PLOURAY, 4.9 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56170/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56170/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56170/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56170/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22266
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
Lussas	07	719 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cheffes	49	223 km E	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	280 km E	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Priziac	56	9.6 km S	1,037	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-sur-Sienne	50	169 km NE	787	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	706 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Priziac	56	9.6 km S	1,037	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-sur-Sienne	50	169 km NE	787	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cheffes	49	223 km E	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	280 km E	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	706 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Lussas	07	719 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Plouray'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
Priziac	56	9.6 km S	1,037	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-sur-Sienne	50	169 km NE	787	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Paillencourt	59	537 km NE	1,030	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-d'Ouilly	14	234 km E	1,018	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	147 km E	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	61	211 km E	1,023	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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