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A town of 3,344 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Plélo has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,801/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Leff Armor Communauté. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Plélo does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plélo 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.
Plélo has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Plélo; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
François Auffray, born in 1891, is the one person born in Plélo before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plélo.
4.1% 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%). The median disposable income is €26,680 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Plélo records 100 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 236 residents of Plélo died, about as many as the 236 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Plélo is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 9.4 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #18 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away. General-bac pupils go 7.3 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lucie et Raymond AubracNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 92%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,801/m², comes from 104 sales of houses and apartments in Plélo from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 104 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,801/m² | 104 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. The middle age in Plélo is 41.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plélo | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Plélo; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Plélo. Best known first.
Plélo has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Plélo.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plélo | 3,344 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 2.7 | A | B | A | B− |
| Pordic | 7,454 | 5.2 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer | 7,041 | 6 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Ploufragan | 11,507 | 7.4 | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Plérin | 14,425 | 7.9 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux | 3,224 | 7.9 | C | D | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plélo has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #18 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,801/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plélo grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plélo is a commune of 3,344 people in the Communauté de communes Leff Armor 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.