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A town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, home to 1,601 people.
Plouguernével’s strongest subject is schools (A): bac results 1.4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.5 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,182/m²: 70 m² comes to 3.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Plouguernével 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.
The 3 things Plouguernével does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouguernével 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.
Plouguernével has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Plouguernével as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame du Roncier, in Rostrenen, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouguernével.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 177 deaths in Plouguernével from 2016 to 2025; there were 217, 23% more. The nearest emergency department to Plouguernével is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 14.9 mi away. Average lifespans in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women, 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Côtes-d'Armor town has one family doctor.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Plouguernével, 94.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The bac pro: 94% of 66 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Campostal PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Campostal PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 45 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Édouard HerriotBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 54 | 93%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,182/m², comes from 62 sales of houses and apartments in Plouguernével from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,182/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Plouguernével has 850 jobs for 550 working residents, 1.5 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €25,280 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. 7.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 30% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plouguernével | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Plouguernével in the categories the grade counts.
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 · With 850 jobs for 550 working residents, Plouguernével draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Nothing in Plouguernével is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Plouguernével as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouguernével | 1,601 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Rostrenen | 3,282 | 2.6 | A | A | C+ | B |
| Cléguérec Morbihan | 2,885 | 12 | — | B− | — | C |
| Guerlédan | 2,532 | 13 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 7,412 | 14 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Gourin Morbihan | 3,960 | 17 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Le Faouët Morbihan | 2,814 | 18 | B+ | C+ | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plouguernével has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 45 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Campostal in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,182/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouguernével grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plouguernével is a commune of 1,601 people in the Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). 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 November 4, 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.