Penvénan’s lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. It lags on health as well (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 41% of homes here are second homes.
Penvénan has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Penvénan stand out
The 3 things Penvénan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Penvénan with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penvénan.
Who lives here
Children make up only 8.2% of Penvénan, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 46% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.2% of residents, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Penvénan is older than 63.3, half younger.
63.3median age
PenvénanCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Penvénan than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 27 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Penvénan is Menhir de Kervéniou. On the Culture ministry’s list, Penvénan counts 7 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Penvénan run higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Côtes-d'Armor, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Penvénan records 96 deaths per 100 expected, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 530 residents of Penvénan died, against 488 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Penvénan is Centre hospitalier de Lannion, 10.1 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Penvénan · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
8.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Penvénan has higher unemployment than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 12.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €27,520 a year per consumption unit, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs located in Penvénan: 600, for 750 residents in work (0.8 each). 6.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot7%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
600
jobs based in Penvénan, 0.8 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Penvénan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie figures for Penvénan show 29 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.2 violent offenses and 9.7 graded property crimes a year. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud13
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 30.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Centre Equestre Kaydara and 8 more in and around Penvénan
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Penvénan. Best known first.
Menhir de Kervéniou: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Port-Blanc: Photo: timtom.ch · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Menhir de Kerbelven: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de Kerbelven: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Penvénan
Is Penvénan safe?
Penvénan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Penvénan expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Penvénan grades C for cost of living.
About Penvénan
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Penvénan is a commune of 2,584 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
