Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez

What Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez does

Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez is a French public hospital (établissement public de santé) located in Douarnenez, Finistère, in the Brittany region, operating since 1946. It provides acute medicine, a 24/7 emergency department, surgery coordination with Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper-Concarneau, geriatrics, and medico-social care through five sites covering the Cap-Sizun territory. It also runs three EHPAD (nursing home) facilities with more than 510 beds in total and operates an Institut de Formation d'Aides-Soignants (IFAS). The organization employs between 501 and 1,000 staff and is governed by a directoire and conseil de surveillance.

The hospital's activity profile includes approximately 32,481 outpatient consultations, 15,355 emergency visits, 6,119 full hospitalizations, and 9,538 day-hospital stays annually. It participates in shared territorial structures including a Groupement d'Intérêt Public (GIPMSP) for medico-social services and a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire (GCS) for home hospitalization. The hospital has invested in modern equipment (echocardiography, PAXMAN cooling caps for chemotherapy since 2019), launched the WHO-endorsed ICOPE Monitor geriatric prevention program in early 2025, and signed the Ya d'ar brezhoneg charter to support Breton-language patient reception.

Its revenue model is the standard French public-hospital funding mechanism: a combination of Assurance Maladie tariffs for acute activity (T2A), a Dotation Globale for the EHPAD and medico-social segments, ARS-subventioned missions of general interest, and patient co-payments collected via PayFIP. There is no equity, no fundraise, and no shareholder return; any surplus is reinvested in operations or capex. The user population is the Cap-Sizun catchment (predominantly elderly, given Brittany's demographic profile), and there is essentially a geographic monopoly on emergency and acute inpatient care in this rural peninsula.

Name

Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez

Legal name

Centre hospitalier Michel Mazéas de Douarnenez

Website

https://ch-douarnenez.bzh

Company type

Public

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez is a French public hospital operating five sites in the Cap-Sizun territory of Finistère, Brittany, providing emergency, acute, geriatric, and medico-social care to the local population, including three EHPADs with over 510 beds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (6231)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG), Nursing Homes (Non-SNF) (HLAFAFAC)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Geriatric care services
• Medical imaging diagnostics
• Surgical hospitalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Douarnenez

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez is a French public hospital providing comprehensive healthcare services to the population of Douarnenez and surrounding communes in Finistère, Brittany. Its core offerings include 24/7 emergency care, scheduled and unscheduled medical and surgical consultations, full hospitalization (medicine and surgery), geriatric care, and operates EHPAD (residential care homes for elderly dependents) across multiple sites in the region.

Product overview

Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez is a multi-site public healthcare facility operating 5 sites across the Douarnenez and Cap-Sizun territory. The hospital functions as a unified healthcare platform offering emergency services, outpatient consultations (32,481 annually), inpatient hospitalization (6,119 admissions), day hospitalization (9,538 sessions), and comprehensive geriatric services. The core services are organized into three main pillars: acute care (emergency, medicine, surgery, medical-technical), geriatric care (EHPAD nursing homes, day hospitals, respite platforms), and territorial coordination (through Union Hospitalière de Cornouaille). EHPAD facilities include Ty Marhic (78 beds), Les Jardins du Clos (170 beds), Les Collines Bleues in Châteaulin (164 beds), and managed facilities in Pont-Croix and Audierne. The hospital also provides specialized services including chemotherapy, pacemaker implantation, and medical imaging, all coordinated through territorial partnerships for complex procedures requiring Quimper-based facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EHPAD Ty Marhic: EHPAD (nursing home) with 78 beds located near the Centre hospitalier, inaugurated in 1994.
• EHPAD Les Jardins du Clos
• Accueil de jour gériatrique Ty Degemer
• Vitalys (GIP Restauration)

Products and services

• Emergency Department Services (Service d'Accueil des Urgences)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• La KempeR'OseminorOthers · 1 January 2023Sport event organized each first Sunday of October in Quimper as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Octobre Rose). Donated €16,200 to CH Douarnenez in 2023 to fund a socio-esthéticienne (beauty therapist) for cancer patients, 3 days/week for one year.
• Office Public de la Langue Bretonne (OPLB)minorOthers · 1 January 2023Charte Ya d'ar brezhoneg (Yes to the Breton language) signed 9 March 2023. Supports bilingual French-Breton signage, Breton-language events, and activities in EHPADs. Part of the EPCC promoting the Breton language in public life.
• Entraide CancerminorOthers · 1 January 2019Local cancer patient support association. Donated PAXMAN cooling caps (2 units) to the hospital to help prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. The association has made multiple donations over the years to improve patient comfort and care quality. Also involved in breast cancer awareness (Octobre Rose).
• GCS Hospitalisation à domicile (Home Hospitalization GCS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016GCS for home hospitalization services created in 2016, enabling patients to receive hospital-level care at home.
• Union Hospitalière de Cornouaille (UHC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011The Union Hospitalière de Cornouaille is the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire (GHT) that Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez is part of. The UHC coordinates care across multiple hospitals in South Finistère including Cornouaille Hospital in Quimper, CH Douarnenez, Hôtel Dieu de Pont-L'abbé, and EPSM Gourmelen. Enables shared surgical pathways, advanced consultations, and coordinated emergency services across the territory.
• GCS de Chirurgie du Sud-Finistère (GCS Surgery)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire for surgery in South Finistère. Convention signed 23 September 2011 between Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille, CH Douarnenez, and Hôtel Dieu de Pont-L'abbé. Enables coordinated surgical care across the territory.
• GCS de Médecine d'Urgence du Sud-Finistère (GCS Emergency Medicine)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011GCS for emergency medicine in South Finistère. Convention signed 23 September 2011 between Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille, CH Douarnenez, EPSM Gourmelen, and Hôtel Dieu de Pont-L'abbé.
• GCS Médico-Technique et Logistique du Sud-FinistèreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011GCS for medical-technical and logistics services. Convention signed 23 September 2011 between multiple hospitals in the UHC network.
• GIP Vitalys (Inter-hospital Catering)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003GIP (Groupement d'Intérêt Public) for inter-hospital catering established February 2003. Provides meals to Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille, CH Douarnenez, Centre hospitalier Étienne Gourmelen, and EHPADs of Audierne and Pont-Croix. Produced 2 million meals in 2016.
• Blanchisserie Interhospitalière (BIH) - Inter-hospital LaundryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Inter-hospital laundry service operating since 1980. Convention constitutive signed 2003. Treated 2,288 tonnes of laundry in 2016 (up from 1,600 tonnes at opening), including 307 tonnes for CH Douarnenez. Treated 1,270,000 sheets and 397,000 articles per year.
• Maison médicale de gardeminorOthersAfter-hours medical guard service in partnership with the hospital. Provides primary care outside of regular consultation hours for the local population.
• CPTS des 2 Baies (Communauté Professionnelle Territoriale de Santé)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerritorial professional health community covering the 2 Baies area. Partners with CH Douarnenez on joint health events such as diabetes screening days.
• HublominorOthersPlatform used by CH Douarnenez for organizing temporary/relief staffing (remplacements). Allows the hospital to fill temporary staffing gaps with qualified healthcare professionals.
• Association des Diabétiques du Finistère (AFD29)minorOthersLocal diabetes patient association partnering with CH Douarnenez and CPTS des 2 Baies for free diabetes screening events open to the public.
• Institut de formation (IFPS Cornouaille)minorOthersTraining institute for healthcare professionals in Cornouaille. CH Douarnenez participates in open days and recruitment events at IFPS to attract nursing and medical students.
• Ville de Douarnenez (Douarnenez Municipality) and CCASminorOthersCity of Douarnenez and its Centre Communal d'Action Sociale partner with the hospital on elderly care (CLIC, Semaine Bleue), cultural events, and accessibility to healthcare services. The mayor's office participated in the Breton language charter signing.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CHRU de Brest: Large regional university hospital center in Finistère acting as the tertiary referral destination; broader portfolio of specialties and research, drawing complex cases away from CH Douarnenez.

Direct peers

• Hôtel-Dieu de Pont-l'Abbé: Public hospital in the same UHC GHT as Douarnenez, co-signatory of the 2011 GCS conventions (surgery, emergency, medico-technical). Directly comparable French public general hospital of similar rural-coastal profile.
• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille (Quimper): The lead public hospital of the Union Hospitalière de Cornouaille GHT, sharing GCSs and back-office with CH Douarnenez. Provides complex surgery and specialist services that Douarnenez's patients are referred to.
• Centre Hospitalier des Pays de Morlaix: Mid-sized public general hospital in rural Finistère with comparable bed count, mixed acute/EHPAD offering and similar French public-hospital funding dynamics.
• Centre Hospitalier de Guingamp: Rural Breton public general hospital of similar scale with mixed acute and EHPAD offering; directly comparable on size, funding model and rural-recruitment profile.
• Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud (Lorient): Public general hospital in Brittany combining acute care, geriatrics and EHPAD services. Closely comparable operating model and patient mix to CH Douarnenez.
• EPSM Étienne Gourmelen (Châteaulin): Public psychiatric hospital co-signatory of the 2011 GCS de Médecine d'Urgence. Comparable public establishment within the same UHC and managed-direction network.

Emerging players

• Korian (EHPAD network): France's largest private EHPAD operator, providing a private-sector benchmark for occupancy, daily rates and operating costs in nursing-home activities that CH Douarnenez runs via its EHPADs.

Regional players

• Clinique Mutualiste de la Porte de Lorient: Private not-for-profit clinic in Brittany with comparable surgical and medicine offering; relevant regional competitor for outpatient and day-hospital activity.
• Polyclinique Quimper Sud: Private clinic in the same catchment competing for elective surgery and ambulatory care; relevant comparator for surgical pathway volumes and pricing dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=bUbcYysP33A
• Facebookfacebook.com/CHDouarnenez
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-hospitalier-douarnenez

Compliance2 records

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Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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