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PlésidyCôtes-d'Armor

A town of 563 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Is Plésidy a good place to live?

Plésidy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Plésidy stand out

The 2 things Plésidy does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Manoir de Toulgonec (ou de Toul-an-Golet)
Manoir de Toulgonec (ou de Toul-an-Golet) · Classé · Photo: Fanchonline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plésidy’s story

Plésidy in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Plésidy: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Théophile Marie Brébant, born in 1889, is the one person born in Plésidy before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1889First protected: Menhir de Caëlonan, ou Caillouan
  • 1964Most recently protected: Calvaire-fontaine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plésidy.

History

Old homes shape Plésidy: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns

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

Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plésidy is Menhir de Caëlonan, ou Caillouan. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit3
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Plésidy are under 15, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns

Graduates make up 26% of adults. 24% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.3% of residents.

42.7median age
PlésidyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Plésidy
PlésidyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–249.3%9.3%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6424%27%26%
65+24%29%22%
No diploma20%17%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education26%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Plésidy than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,070 a year per consumption unit

The jobless rate is 12.2%. Per resident in work, Plésidy counts 0.6 jobs (150 jobs, 250 workers). No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents in the town at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot12%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Plésidy, 0.6 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

100.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

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

The brevet pass rate near Plésidy is 100.0%, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

100.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Plésidy100.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Diwan PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège50100%+6 pts
100.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
0.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Plésidy costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.80/m² a month

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

Behind the median of €1,354/m²: 32 houses and apartments sold in Plésidy between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,354/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Plésidy€1,354/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,354/m²32
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €11.19/m² a month)
€7.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Manoir de Toul-an-Golet and 4 more in and around Plésidy

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Plésidy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Plésidy

14pages on Plésidy

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Plésidy: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Menhir de Caëlonan, ou Caillouan: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire-fontaine: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Yves: Photo: Msansm1 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Plésidy

One notable person was born in Plésidy.

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Plésidy’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 →
PloumagoarGrâcesGuingampPabuChâtelaudren-PlouagatQuintinPloumagoarGrâcesGuingampPabuChâtelaudren-PlouagatQuintinPlésidy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Plésidy563—————
Ploumagoar5,4146.6B+B−A−D
Grâces2,6017.9B+BB+C−
Guingamp7,1118.2C+B−D−B−
Pabu2,7718.8B+BBD−
Châtelaudren-Plouagat3,9748.9ABAB−
Quintin2,73910ABBA−

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

About Plésidy

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Plésidy is a commune of 563 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. 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
563 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
10.1 sq mi (26.2 km²)
INSEE code
22189

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.