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It is a town of 1,635 residents in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. Its weakest is walkability (C−) — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,649/m².
Plestan 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.
The one thing Plestan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plestan 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.
Plestan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Plestan has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plestan.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.57/m² a month. Sales in Plestan from July 2023 to June 2026: 59 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,637/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.1% of commuters travelled at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,740 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.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths in Plestan from 2016 to 2025; there were 113, 17% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plestan is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 14.6 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children are 18% of the town. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plestan | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Plestan. Best known first.
Plestan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix du cimetière: Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Plestan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plestan | 1,635 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 4.4 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 5.3 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
| Jugon-les-Lacs | 2,541 | 5.6 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 9.8 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 10 | A | A | A | B |
| Val-d'Arguenon | 2,844 | 10 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plestan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plestan grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plestan is a commune of 1,635 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
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.