Half of Plurien is over 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
In Plurien, 6% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. There were 760 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,521 residents. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 50%. Fewer flats than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Plurien
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 440 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plurien, 35% of its 1,280 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Plurien’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 35% in Plurien, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Some 8.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Plurien. This Côtes-d'Armor town has fewer households without a car than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 6.9%.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 50% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Plurien, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plurien 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Plurien has 8.1%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all 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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Fewer one-person households than in 61% of compared French towns: 33%.
A median standard of living of €26,870 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €26,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Plurien ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plurien sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Plurien, 1.9%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 1,521 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Plurien
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plurien | 58.5 | 40% | 35% | 2.7% |
| Erquy 3,974 · 2.5 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 57% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 6.9 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Pléneuf-Val-André 3,988 · 7 mi | 64.4 | 48% | 55% | 2.4% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 10.7 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Lamballe-Armor 17,241 · 11.3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Plurien
What is the population of Plurien?
1,521 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,450).
How old are Plurien’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plurien?
440, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plurien?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plurien?
€26,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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