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PleubianCôtes-d'Armor

2,365 people live in this town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. It skews older: 44% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Pleubian a good place to live?

Pleubian’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Just over two in five homes here are second homes.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pleubian 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.

WeakestC−Health

What makes Pleubian stand out

The 2 things Pleubian does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Pleubian grades

Each subject compares Pleubian 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

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

HealthHealth outcomes are among the weakest comparedC−Open →Cost of livingBetter than most of the towns comparedB+Open →Walkability57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workC+Open →Jobs & income10.6% unemploymentC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Alignement de menhirs
Alignement de menhirs · Inscrit · Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pleubian’s story

Pleubian in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Pleubian counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1907.

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

Wikidata records 2 people born in Pleubian before 1900, the earliest Jean-Marie Rivoalan, in 1748.

  • 1907First protected: Croix de cimetière
  • 2011Most recently protected: Phare des Héaux-de-Bréhat, situé en Manche, au large de Ple…
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pleubian.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Pleubian than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 44% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6% of residents, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Pleubian have a median age of 62.5.

62.5median age
PleubianCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Pleubian
PleubianCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 159.1%15%17%
15–246%9.3%11%
25–4412%19%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+44%29%22%
No diploma21%17%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education24%31%30%

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

HealthHealth C−

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Pleubian run higher than in 84% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Adjusted mortality in Pleubian: 103 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 420 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 492, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Pleubian is Centre hospitalier Paimpol, 6.6 mi away. This Côtes-d'Armor town has one family doctor.

+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw117
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pleubian · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.

HousingCost of living B+

Renting in Pleubian costs less than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.58/m² a month

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

The median price, €2,228/m², comes from 145 sales of houses and apartments in Pleubian from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold.

€2,228/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Pleubian€2,228/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,254/m²137
€9.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €12.35/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté

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

History

Old homes shape Pleubian: 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.

Among the classé monuments in Pleubian is Croix de cimetière. On the Culture ministry’s list, Pleubian counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1907
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Unemployment in Pleubian is higher than in 71% of French communes of 1,000+

At the census, 8.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Pleubian number 650, against 700 residents in work (0.9 per worker). Unemployment runs at 10.6%.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Pleubian, 0.9 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns

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

Nearby attractions

Sillon de Talbert and 3 more in and around Pleubian

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Pleubian

14pages on Pleubian

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Pleubian counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Croix de cimetière: Photo: Patrick Clenet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Phare des Héaux-de-Bréhat, situé en Manche, au large de Pleubian: Photo: Pilot'22 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Pleubian

2 notable people were born in Pleubian.

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Pleubian’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 →
PloubazlanecPaimpolPenvénanLa Roche-JaudyPlouézecLouannecPloubazlanecPaimpolPenvénanLa Roche-JaudyPlouézecLouannecPleubian
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pleubian2,365——B+—C−
Ploubazlanec2,9325—C—D
Paimpol7,3416.1CDC−B−
Penvénan2,5848.2—C—C
La Roche-Jaudy2,6299.3—A—C+
Plouézec3,1479.6—C—C−
Louannec3,01914—C—B

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

Questions about Pleubian

Is Pleubian safe?

Pleubian has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Pleubian expensive to live in?

Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,228/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pleubian grades B+ for cost of living.

About Pleubian

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Pleubian is a commune of 2,365 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor 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

Population
2,365 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
7.8 sq mi (20.1 km²)
INSEE code
22195

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.