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Population 1,678: a town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plumieux 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.
The 2 things Plumieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plumieux 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.
Plumieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Plumieux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plumieux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,067/m², below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Plumieux recorded 77 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,067/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,570 a year.
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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Plumieux records 99 deaths per 100 expected. 197 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 200: 1% below. The nearest emergency department to Plumieux is Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel, 14.4 mi away. 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.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. At 50.7, the median resident of Plumieux sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Plumieux | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Plumieux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Plumieux yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Plumieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plumieux grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plumieux is a commune of 1,678 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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 November 4, 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.