In Plévin, 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Plévin has 7.1%. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). The 2023 Census counted 754 residents in 370 households.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Plévin
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 75 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plévin, 15% of its 500 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plévin had 789 residents at the 2012 census and 754 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 4% of homes are flats
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
The share of second homes is 15%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 12% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight.
Plévin changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 86% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
A median age of 49.6: Plévin is older than 82% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plévin 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Here 8.2% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
€23,470 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Plévin is €23,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 26%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plévin: 6.8% of residents are foreign nationals, above 68% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 14: 6.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 68% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Here, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Plévin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plévin | 49.6 | 22% | 15% | 6.9% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 4.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 7.3 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 9 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 13 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 14.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Scaër 5,178 · 16.9 mi | 51 | 28% | 4.6% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Plévin
What is the population of Plévin?
754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (789).
How old are Plévin’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plévin?
75, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plévin?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plévin?
€23,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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