Ploubazlanec has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,143/m², a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Its strongest is schools (B): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 1.7 points below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ploubazlanec 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 Ploubazlanec.
Who lives here
An older town: 43% of people in Ploubazlanec are 65 or over, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns
6.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 10%, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Ploubazlanec are older than 62.
62median age
PloubazlanecCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Ploubazlanec keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ploubazlanec counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Allée couverte de Mélus. Per 10,000 residents, Ploubazlanec counts 17 protected monuments, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (7.5) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Ploubazlanec, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 473 residents of Ploubazlanec died, against 444 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. There is one general practitioner in the town.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ploubazlanec · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
19.8 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.85/m² a month, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 143 sales of houses and apartments in Ploubazlanec, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,143/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.93/m² a month.
€3,143/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploubazlanec€3,143/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,175/m²
142
€10.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.54 to €13.78/m² a month)
9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.93/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
Schools
87.9% passed the brevet at the collèges near Ploubazlanec (Côtes-d'Armor towns 90.9%, compared French towns 87.5%)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ploubazlanec, 95.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 91% passed the bac pro, of 23 candidates. Also worth knowing: the closest collège is 1.6 mi off.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Ploubazlanec is better off than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €27,550 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Ploubazlanec counts 0.7 jobs (700 jobs, 900 workers). Unemployment stood at 11.0%, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 5.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
700
jobs based in Ploubazlanec, 0.7 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Promontoire préhistorique barré de Roch'an Evned: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire de la chapelle de Lancerf: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire dit Croix des Veuves: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Perros-Hamon: Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploubazlanec
Is Ploubazlanec safe?
Ploubazlanec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Ploubazlanec good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #34 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. 97% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Kerraoul in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ploubazlanec expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,143/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploubazlanec grades C for cost of living.
About Ploubazlanec
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Ploubazlanec is a commune of 2,932 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
2,932 (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.
