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With 3,147 residents, it is a town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,579/m² costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. 29% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Plouézec has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Plouézec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouézec 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.
Plouézec has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Plouézec has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 2016.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Plouézec. Best known first.
AttractionAbbaye de Beauport3.8 km northwest, in PaimpolAttractionAttractionPointe de Minardin townRuinsRuinsLa batterie de Guilben4.5 km northwest, in PaimpolPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouézec.
Children under 15 make up one in ten residents. 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The age that splits Plouézec in two is 61.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Plouézec | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Plouézec come to 99 per 100 predicted. 476 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 482: 1% below. In Côtes-d'Armor, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.85/m² a month, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 166 sales of houses and apartments in Plouézec, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,579/m². House rents are put at about €8.93/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,579/m² | 166 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 8.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 10.3% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Plouézec has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Plouézec. 2025 saw 25 offenses recorded in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.8 violent offenses and 6.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Plouézec has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Plouézec.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouézec | 3,147 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Paimpol | 7,341 | 3.7 | C | D | C− | B− |
| Ploubazlanec | 2,932 | 4.8 | — | C | — | D |
| Plouha | 4,634 | 5.2 | C+ | C+ | A | C |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux | 3,224 | 9.1 | C | D | D | C |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer | 7,041 | 11 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| La Roche-Jaudy | 2,629 | 12 | — | A | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plouézec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,579/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouézec grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plouézec is a commune of 3,147 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
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.