Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C−): just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 14% of homes here are second homes.
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. Ploumilliau 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 Ploumilliau 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 Ploumilliau.
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Ploumilliau, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Ploumilliau. 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. 439 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 332: 32% above.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ploumilliau · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
6.6 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
An older town: 33% of people in Ploumilliau are 65 or over, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
14% are under 15, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 8.3% of the population. Ages in Ploumilliau split evenly at 53.3: half are older, half younger.
53.3median age
PloumilliauCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Ploumilliau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
For its 900 residents in work, Ploumilliau has 500 jobs: 0.6 each. No commute at all: 8.5% of working residents locally at the census. The median disposable income was €25,470 a year per consumption unit, near both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Ploumilliau, 0.6 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ploumilliau than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,989/m²: 87 houses and apartments sold in Ploumilliau between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 87 homes were sold locally.
€1,989/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploumilliau€1,989/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,989/m²
87
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.27 to €12.49/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.24/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
History
More protected monuments for its size in Ploumilliau than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 28 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly a fifth of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Ploumilliau is Église de Kéraudy. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 6 of the 7, make up the bulk. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
Église de Kéraudy: Photo: Fanchonline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Milliau: Photo: Christophe Marcheux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de chemin du 17e siècle: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix du 17e siècle: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploumilliau
Is Ploumilliau safe?
Ploumilliau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ploumilliau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,989/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ploumilliau grades A− for cost of living.
About Ploumilliau
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Ploumilliau is a commune of 2,466 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.
