Plouguenast-Langast’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,319/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Plouguenast-Langast 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 Plouguenast-Langast 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.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Plouguenast-Langast: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Plouguenast-Langast before 1900, the earliest Eugène Mando, in 1855.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Plouguenast-Langast than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
Over-65s are 27% of the population. 15% are under 15, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Plouguenast-Langast has a median age of 49.5 years.
49.5median age
Plouguenast-LangastCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 B−
Fewer people in Plouguenast-Langast are out of work than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.2%
At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Plouguenast-Langast number 700, against 1,000 residents in work (0.7 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,340 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
700
jobs based in Plouguenast-Langast, 0.7 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Plouguenast-Langast has a higher adjusted death rate than 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Its care home for older people (31 places) counts its residents as Plouguenast-Langast’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. 290 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 287: 1% above. The nearest emergency department to Plouguenast-Langast is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 14.9 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plouguenast-Langast · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
14.9 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 Plouguenast-Langast: 19% 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.
3 of the 4 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Plouguenast-Langast is Chapelle Saint-Jean. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Plouguenast-Langast has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.3 violent offenses and 5.7 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses in Plouguenast-Langast came to 32 in 2025. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Plouguenast-Langast (2025).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence15
Criminal damage10
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud16
Theft without violence5
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.8%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (32.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Plouguenast-Langast: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouguenast-Langast
Is Plouguenast-Langast safe?
Plouguenast-Langast has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plouguenast-Langast expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouguenast-Langast grades A for cost of living.
About Plouguenast-Langast
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plouguenast-Langast is a commune of 2,380 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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
2,380 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
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.
