Plouha grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #39 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Its weakest subject is schools (C): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,387/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Leff Armor Communauté. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Plouha 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 Plouha.
Who lives here
Plouha skews older, with 44% of residents 65 or over, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
11% are under 15, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 6% of the population. Half of Plouha is older than 62, half younger.
62median age
PlouhaCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
44%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
Safety
Plouha records less crime per resident than 87% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 65 offenses in Plouha. The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (2025).
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary22
Criminal damage21
Family violence13
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence21
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
65
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.7%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Schools around Plouha do less well than those of 75% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #47 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Plouha has a higher adjusted death rate than 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Plouha records 95 deaths per 100 expected. 1,036 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 919: 13% above. The nearest emergency department to Plouha is Centre hospitalier Paimpol, 8.1 mi away. 6 GPs practise locally.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Plouha · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive des Cotes D Armor
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.
The median price, €2,387/m², comes from 263 sales of houses and apartments in Plouha from July 2023 to June 2026. The split locally: €2,364/m² for houses, €2,456/m² for apartments. A house rents for an estimated €9.63/m² a month.
€2,387/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouha€2,387/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,364/m²
224
Apartments
€2,456/m²
39
€11.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.51 to €14.01/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Leff Armor Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Plouha keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Among the classé monuments in Plouha is Chapelle de Kermaria-an'Isquit. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Plouha, 12.7%, runs above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Plouha counts 0.8 jobs (1,050 jobs, 1,350 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 3.0% of working residents in Plouha to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Plouha, 0.8 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Croix du 17e siècle dite Croix de la Sauraie: Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix du 18e siècle: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Kermaria-an'Isquit: Photo: Ludovic.huon · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouha
Is Plouha safe?
It grades A for safety, #13 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Plouha good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #47 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plouha expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,387/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouha grades C+ for cost of living.
About Plouha
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plouha is a commune of 4,634 people in the Communauté de communes Leff Armor 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.
