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A town of 2,155 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Plourhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,448/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 d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Plourhan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plourhan 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Plourhan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de calvaire, in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, 1.7 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Plourhan. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plourhan.
The jobless rate is 6.1%. 250 jobs are based in Plourhan, for 900 working residents (0.3 per worker). 4.0% 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plourhan is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 11.5 mi away. Adjusted mortality in the town: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 183 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 187, 2% more. At birth, a girl in Côtes-d'Armor can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 Plourhan, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 97% passed the bac pro, of 68 candidates. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 9.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stella Maris PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 51 | 92%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel hôtelier la CloserieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 68 | 97%+6 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, €2,448/m², comes from 75 sales of houses and apartments in Plourhan from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.93/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,431/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Plourhan has a median age of 48.5 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plourhan | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Plourhan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Plourhan yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plourhan | 2,155 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux | 3,224 | 2.1 | C | D | D | C |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer | 7,041 | 2.5 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Plouha | 4,634 | 3.9 | C+ | C+ | A | C |
| Pordic | 7,454 | 5.2 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 6.1 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 8.4 | A | B | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plourhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 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 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,448/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plourhan grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plourhan is a commune of 2,155 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. 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 October 30, 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.