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PlémyCôtes-d'Armor

The town has 1,578 residents and lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Is Plémy a good place to live?

Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools (D−): brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,494/m².

Plémy 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 Plémy stand out

The one thing Plémy does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Plémy grades

Each subject compares Plémy 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.

How grading works

Plémy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Croix du 15e siècle dite Croix de la Belle Place
Croix du 15e siècle dite Croix de la Belle Place · Inscrit · Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plémy’s story

Plémy in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Plémy; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Émile Régnier, born in 1894, is the one person born in Plémy before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1926First protected: Manoir de Vauclerc
  • 1964Most recently protected: Croix du 15e siècle dite Croix de la Belle Place
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plémy.

Schools

Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Plémy than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 79.0%

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 11.2 mi off.

79.0%passed the brevetD−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Plémy79.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège François LorantNearest collègeCollègeCollège8779%−12 pts
79.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −12 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Plémy is harder to get around on foot than 97% of compared French towns

For its 750 residents in work, Plémy has 250 jobs: 0.3 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.6% of commuters at the census. 7.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Plémy, 0.3 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living A

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plémy than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.27/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

59 houses and apartments changed hands in Plémy from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,494/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Plémy€1,494/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,494/m²59
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.93/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Plémy: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Plémy; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
15th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

HealthHealth C+

Adjusted for age and care homes, Plémy sees more deaths than 56% 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. From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Plémy died, against 160 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Plémy is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 11 mi away.

−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw90
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Plémy · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
11 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.

Who lives here

Few people in Plémy are 65 or over: 21%, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. Among adults, 23% have a degree.

43.9median age
PlémyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Plémy
PlémyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+21%29%22%
No diploma19%17%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education23%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes

Nearby attractions

Château des Granges and 2 more in and around Plémy

Heritage and museums in and near Plémy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Plémy

15pages on Plémy

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Plémy; none is classé, France’s top protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de Vauclerc: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix du 15e siècle dite Croix de la Belle Place: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Plémy

One notable person was born in Plémy.

Their page →

Plémy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côtes-d'Armor →
Plœuc-L'HermitageQuessoyLe MenéPlédranPlaintelYffiniacPlœuc-L'HermitageQuessoyLe MenéPlédranPlaintelYffiniacPlémy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Plémy1,578——A—C+
Plœuc-L'Hermitage4,1034.6—A−—C+
Quessoy3,9696.2—B+—C−
Le Mené6,5567.6AAAB
Plédran6,9338.1A−B+AB−
Plaintel4,6028.2—C+—C
Yffiniac5,0749.4AB−B+C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Plémy

Is Plémy safe?

Plémy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Plémy good?

They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Plémy expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plémy grades A for cost of living.

About Plémy

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Plémy is a commune of 1,578 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. 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

Population
1,578 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
15.4 sq mi (40 km²)
INSEE code
22184

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.