Plœuc-L'Hermitage’s strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Homes go for a median €1,500/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Plœuc-L'Hermitage has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plœuc-L'Hermitage 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Plœuc-L'Hermitage than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,840 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 8.3%. No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Plœuc-L'Hermitage at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
900
jobs based in Plœuc-L'Hermitage, 0.5 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.6 mi off. On school results, the town ranks #45 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Also worth knowing: the nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Plœuc-L'Hermitage run higher than in 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plœuc-L'Hermitage is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 10.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 476 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 507, 6% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Plœuc-L'Hermitage records 93 deaths per 100 expected. There is one general practitioner here.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plœuc-L'Hermitage · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Plœuc-L'Hermitage: 17% 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.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Plœuc-L'Hermitage, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Plœuc-L'Hermitage than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 24% of adults
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.8% of residents. A quarter of residents are 65 or over.
46.3median age
Plœuc-L'HermitageCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Plœuc-L'Hermitage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.4. Recorded offenses in Plœuc-L'Hermitage came to 46 in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were family violence than anything else (2025).
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence30
Criminal damage16
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence14
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
46
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 25.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plœuc-L'Hermitage
Is Plœuc-L'Hermitage safe?
Plœuc-L'Hermitage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Plœuc-L'Hermitage good?
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #45 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plœuc-L'Hermitage expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plœuc-L'Hermitage grades A− for cost of living.
About Plœuc-L'Hermitage
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plœuc-L'Hermitage is a commune of 4,103 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. 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
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.
