Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. At €1,882/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. Walkability is its weak spot: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plélan-le-Petit has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Plélan-le-Petit stand out
The one thing Plélan-le-Petit does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plélan-le-Petit 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 Plélan-le-Petit.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Plélan-le-Petit has lower unemployment than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,770 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
450
jobs based in Plélan-le-Petit, 0.5 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Plélan-le-Petit has fewer young adults than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 28% of the population. Plélan-le-Petit has a median age of 47.1.
47.1median age
Plélan-le-PetitCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Plélan-le-Petit’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Plélan-le-Petit has one family doctor. Its two care homes for older people (64 places) count their residents as Plélan-le-Petit’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 318 residents of Plélan-le-Petit died, against 267 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Plélan-le-Petit is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 7.9 mi away.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plélan-le-Petit · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven
17.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Plélan-le-Petit gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,882/m²: 61 houses and apartments sold in Plélan-le-Petit between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.91/m² a month. Houses were 98% of what sold.
€1,882/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plélan-le-Petit€1,882/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,900/m²
60
€11.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €14.35/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plélan-le-Petit
Is Plélan-le-Petit safe?
Plélan-le-Petit has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plélan-le-Petit expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plélan-le-Petit grades B for cost of living.
About Plélan-le-Petit
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plélan-le-Petit is a commune of 1,992 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. 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.
