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A town in Finistère, Brittany, home to 2,221 people.
Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,579/m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. Most journeys need a car: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 25% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lampaul-Plouarzel 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 3 things Lampaul-Plouarzel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lampaul-Plouarzel 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.
Lampaul-Plouarzel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lampaul-Plouarzel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grand menhir de l'île, in Porspoder, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Lampaul-Plouarzel. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lampaul-Plouarzel.
39% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8% of the town. Typical age in Lampaul-Plouarzel: 50.8, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lampaul-Plouarzel | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,430 a year per consumption unit, about level with Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Lampaul-Plouarzel didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in Lampaul-Plouarzel to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
88 sales of houses and apartments in Lampaul-Plouarzel, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,579/m². Of the homes sold, 94% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.81/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,611/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 219 residents of Lampaul-Plouarzel died, against 249 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lampaul-Plouarzel is Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche, 11.3 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Nothing in Lampaul-Plouarzel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lampaul-Plouarzel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lampaul-Plouarzel | 2,221 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Plouarzel | 4,029 | 1.4 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Le Conquet | 2,835 | 6.5 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Saint-Renan | 8,577 | 6.6 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Locmaria-Plouzané | 5,130 | 7.6 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Plougonvelin | 4,521 | 7.6 | A− | C+ | A+ | B− |
| Ploudalmézeau | 6,522 | 7.9 | A+ | B | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lampaul-Plouarzel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,579/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.55/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lampaul-Plouarzel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Lampaul-Plouarzel is a commune of 2,221 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. 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.