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A town of 1,521 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Plurien has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 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.
The 2 things Plurien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plurien 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Plurien as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bienassis, in Erquy, 4.6 mi away.
12% 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 Plurien.
Among adults, 23% have a degree. Two in five residents are 65 or over, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 8.1% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Plurien | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.32/m² a month, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 76 homes in Plurien. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €8.61/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,987/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
250 jobs are based in Plurien, for 550 working residents (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,870 a year per consumption unit, in line with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Plurien went to work by public transport.
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.
There is one general practitioner in Plurien. Life expectancy at birth in Côtes-d'Armor is 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 180 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 204: 12% below.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage, gardens and other places to visit in and near Plurien. Best known first.
Nothing in Plurien is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Plurien.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plurien | 1,521 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Erquy | 3,974 | 2.5 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo | 3,371 | 6.9 | C− | C− | B− | B− |
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 3,988 | 7 | A− | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Val-d'Arguenon | 2,844 | 9 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Plancoët | 3,104 | 11 | B | B− | A | C |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 11 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plurien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plurien grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Plurien is a commune of 1,521 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. 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.