Plourivo has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plourivo 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 Plourivo.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than expected: Plourivo is above 86% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Plourivo. Women in Côtes-d'Armor live to 84.8 on average and men to 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 234 residents of Plourivo died, against 223 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plourivo · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
17.6 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
Plourivo is harder to get around on foot than 85% of compared French towns
At the census, 5.5% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Plourivo number 350, against 950 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Unemployment stood at 7.8%, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Plourivo, 0.4 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Plourivo, 95.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plourivo than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.58/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,948/m²: 90 houses and apartments sold in Plourivo between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,948/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plourivo€1,948/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,951/m²
89
€9.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €12.35/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Plourivo has fewer young adults than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. 27% of residents have reached 65. The age that splits Plourivo in two is 51.4.
51.4median age
PlourivoCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
History
Plourivo keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plourivo counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Croix funéraire à inscription. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plourivo
Is Plourivo safe?
Plourivo has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Plourivo good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. 97% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Kerraoul in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plourivo expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,948/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plourivo grades B+ for cost of living.
About Plourivo
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plourivo is a commune of 2,270 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. 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
2,270 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
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.
