Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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. Ploëzal 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.
Each subject compares Ploëzal 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ploëzal.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Ploëzal sees more deaths than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 138 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 183 residents of Ploëzal died, against 132 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. The nearest emergency department to Ploëzal is Centre hospitalier Paimpol, 8.1 mi away. This Côtes-d'Armor town has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women, 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+38%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw138
Adjusted138
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Ploëzal · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
13.4 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
Renting in Ploëzal costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.73/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,394/m², below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €8.32/m² a month. 50 houses and apartments changed hands in Ploëzal from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,394/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploëzal€1,394/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,394/m²
50
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.50 to €12.63/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Ploëzal are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up 23% of adults. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Ploëzal are older than 53.9.
53.9median age
PloëzalCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Ploëzal than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,420 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 9.5% are unemployed.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Ploëzal, 0.4 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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
History
Old homes shape Ploëzal: 30% 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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ploëzal counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Château de la Roche-Jagu et ses dépendances. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploëzal
Is Ploëzal safe?
Ploëzal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ploëzal expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ploëzal grades A− for cost of living.
About Ploëzal
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Ploëzal is a commune of 1,229 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
1,229 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
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.
