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1,571 people live in this town in Finistère, Brittany.
Where it does best is schools (A) — brevet results 0.8 points above the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot (D). It lags on health as well (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 13% are 65 or over.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Kersaint-Plabennec 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 one thing Kersaint-Plabennec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kersaint-Plabennec 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.
Kersaint-Plabennec has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Kersaint-Plabennec, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kersaint-Plabennec.
24% are under 15, above Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by just over two in five adults. Half the people of Kersaint-Plabennec are older than 37.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Kersaint-Plabennec | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,700 a year per consumption unit. 350 jobs are based in Kersaint-Plabennec, for 800 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 2.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Kersaint-Plabennec is 95.6%, about level with Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 5.4 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège du VizacBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 73 deaths in Kersaint-Plabennec from 2016 to 2025; there were 70, 5% fewer. Adjusted mortality in the town: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. The town has 2 family doctors. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 6.2% of its homes were built before 1919, between Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in Kersaint-Plabennec. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.49/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Kersaint-Plabennec. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Kersaint-Plabennec, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Kersaint-Plabennec yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kersaint-Plabennec | 1,571 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 3.1 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
| Guipavas | 15,538 | 3.7 | A− | C | B− | B |
| Gouesnou | 6,501 | 4.7 | A | C | B | B |
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon | 11,897 | 5 | A− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 5.3 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Kersaint-Plabennec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Kersaint-Plabennec is a commune of 1,571 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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 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.