Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Plounévez-Quintin 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 Plounévez-Quintin 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerhir: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Colomban et son calvaire: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plounévez-Quintin.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Plounévez-Quintin costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.82/m² a month
€1,033/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,033/m², lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Plounévez-Quintin from July 2023 to June 2026: 52 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plounévez-Quintin€1,033/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,033/m²
52
€6.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.11 to €9.12/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Plounévez-Quintin’s ages would predict, 115 per 100 expected, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Plounévez-Quintin have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Plounévez-Quintin is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 16 mi away. 125 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 109: 15% above. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plounévez-Quintin · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Plounévez-Quintin than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,230 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
12.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 6.8% 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%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Plounévez-Quintin, 0.3 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,230
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 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Plounévez-Quintin hold a degree than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
49.5median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Plounévez-Quintin has a median age of 49.5.
Plounévez-QuintinCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education23%
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%.
Plounévez-Quintin is a commune of 1,064 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
Population
1,064 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB)
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
16.7 sq mi (43.3 km²)
INSEE code
22229
Plounévez-Quintin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plounévez-Quintin
Is Plounévez-Quintin safe?
Plounévez-Quintin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plounévez-Quintin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plounévez-Quintin grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
