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1,144 people call this town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany home.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (D−).
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. Plouvara 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 Plouvara 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.
Plouvara has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Plouvara: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouvara.
Unemployment stood at 5.1%, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.8% of commuters travelled at the census. Plouvara has 200 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €24,410 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 75 deaths in Plouvara from 2016 to 2025; there were 84, 12% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plouvara is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 8 mi away.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 25 homes in Plouvara.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 25% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plouvara | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plouvara is Menhir dit du Pré de Camet. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Plouvara has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Menhir dit du Pré de Camet: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Plouvara as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouvara | 1,144 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 3.6 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 3.7 | A | B | A | B− |
| Ploufragan | 11,507 | 5.8 | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Pordic | 7,454 | 6.7 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Quintin | 2,739 | 6.8 | A | B | B | A− |
| Saint-Brieuc | 44,364 | 7.5 | C | B | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plouvara has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plouvara is a commune of 1,144 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.