Plumelec

Morbihan · CC Centre Morbihan Communauté · INSEE 56172

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

Served 68/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plumelec (INSEE 56172) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Centre Morbihan Communauté. Population 2,754 (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/56172-plumelec

Vitality score

Vitality score 68/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 7,676 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.75
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DM72). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE PAVEC CHRISTIAN · MD TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · LES RANDONNEURS DU GOUT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MELECIANO · OSEZ CREPETTE · MADEMOISELLE SUCREE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE LION D'OR · LE COMPTOIR A PETARDS · L'EVASION). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS GOGUET, MÉDECIN · MARIANA TOHANEAN-VILCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLUMELEC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DE LA MADELEINE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (DELPHINE C · TY'PHANIE COIFFURE · A L'ANGLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DM72	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	LE PAVEC CHRISTIAN · MD TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	UTILE · LES RANDONNEURS DU GOUT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	3	MELECIANO · OSEZ CREPETTE · MADEMOISELLE SUCREE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE LION D'OR · LE COMPTOIR A PETARDS · L'EVASION	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA CLAIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MELEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	THOMAS GOGUET, MÉDECIN · MARIANA TOHANEAN-VILCU, 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	PLUMELEC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE DE LA MADELEINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	DELPHINE C · TY'PHANIE COIFFURE · A L'ANGLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 9h30 à 12h place de l'Eglise près de la fontaine. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,498 2023: 2,754 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,732 (2012) → 2,754 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,343 (1990) → 2,754 (2023): 17.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,509, of which 7.8 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 10.2 km E 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 (Plumelec): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Plumelec): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sérent): 10.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plumelec): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 32.7

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIZIO weather station, 6.5 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BIGNAN, 8.4 km away at 112 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIZIO, 6.5 km away at 160 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.plumelec.org/blog/cadre-de-vie/vie-pratique/— “Un poissonnier est présent le samedi de 9h30 à 12h, place de l'Eglise près de la fontaine.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56244
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
Val d'Oust	56	15 km E	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	45 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Penne-d'Agenais	47	466 km SE	2,496	60.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	170 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Branchs	37	265 km E	2,637	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Richebourg	62	495 km NE	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val d'Oust	56	15 km E	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	45 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	170 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Branchs	37	265 km E	2,637	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Penne-d'Agenais	47	466 km SE	2,496	60.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Richebourg	62	495 km NE	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · 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 Plumelec'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
Val d'Oust	56	15 km E	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	45 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	170 km NE	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rédené	29	61 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Évellys	56	22 km NW	3,379	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plougoumelen	56	29 km SW	2,664	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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