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A town of 1,123 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Plerneuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Plerneuf does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plerneuf 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Plerneuf as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit du Pré de Camet, in Plouvara, 4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plerneuf.
Unemployment stood at 6.7%, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
In Côtes-d'Armor, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Plerneuf died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Plerneuf is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 6.4 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
15% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% of the town. Line up the people of Plerneuf by age and the one in the middle is 37.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plerneuf | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
25 houses and apartments changed hands in Plerneuf from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Plerneuf were other physical violence than anything else (2025). Violence against people ran at 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.5 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Nothing in Plerneuf is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Plerneuf.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plerneuf | 1,123 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 3.5 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Ploufragan | 11,507 | 4.3 | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 4.8 | A | B | A | B− |
| Pordic | 7,454 | 4.9 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Saint-Brieuc | 44,364 | 5.7 | C | B | D | C |
| Plérin | 14,425 | 6 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plerneuf has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plerneuf is a commune of 1,123 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) · 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.