Buying 70 m² at the median €3,163/m² takes 8.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Where it falls short is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. 49% 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. Plougrescant 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 Plougrescant 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 Plougrescant.
Who lives here
An older town: 42% of people in Plougrescant are 65 or over, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.1% of the town. 8.6% are under 15, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Plougrescant by age and the one in the middle is 61.4.
61.4median age
PlougrescantCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Plougrescant run above what its ages would predict: 116 per 100 expected, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Plougrescant. The nearest emergency department to Plougrescant is Centre hospitalier Paimpol, 10.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 210, 16% more. Life expectancy at birth in Côtes-d'Armor is 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+16%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted116
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plougrescant · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
11.8 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
A home in Plougrescant sells for €3,163/m², more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.69/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.04/m² a month, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 56 homes were sold in Plougrescant.
€3,163/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plougrescant€3,163/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,163/m²
56
€12.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.19 to €15.77/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Plougrescant gets a C for jobs & income
Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Plougrescant to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 10.4%. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,710 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Plougrescant, 0.6 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Plougrescant keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plougrescant is Chapelle Saint-Gonéry et cimetière. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plougrescant counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Plougrescant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Among the graded crimes in Plougrescant, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 10 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.9 violent offenses and 7.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
5.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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.
5.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
79.4%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 79.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château Kergrec'h and 5 more in and around Plougrescant
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Plougrescant. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plougrescant
Is Plougrescant safe?
Plougrescant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Plougrescant expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Plougrescant grades C− for cost of living.
About Plougrescant
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plougrescant is a commune of 1,242 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. 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.
