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Some 5,130 people live in this town, in Finistère, Brittany.
Locmaria-Plouzané’s best grade is for schools (A) — brevet results 1.3 points above the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Locmaria-Plouzané has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Locmaria-Plouzané does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Locmaria-Plouzané 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.
Locmaria-Plouzané has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Locmaria-Plouzané; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Locmaria-Plouzané. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Locmaria-Plouzané.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 6.3 mi away. School results put the town #13 of 63 in Finistère. For collège, the closest is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Michel PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège KerallanBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 93 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 2,300 residents in work, Locmaria-Plouzané has 600 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income was €30,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 290 residents of Locmaria-Plouzané died, against 348 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Locmaria-Plouzané is Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche, 6.2 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners locally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. 108 houses and apartments changed hands in Locmaria-Plouzané from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: for a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.51/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,840/m² | 103 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.3% of homes date from before 1919. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents. 19% are under 15, above Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Locmaria-Plouzané: 45.6, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Locmaria-Plouzané | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.4% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Locmaria-Plouzané (2025). For 2025, the figures show 35 offenses locally. Violence against people ran at 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5.1 (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Locmaria-Plouzané has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de Kerscao: Photo: El Funcionario · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Locmaria-Plouzané.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locmaria-Plouzané | 5,130 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Plouzané | 13,567 | 2.7 | A | C | A | B− |
| Plougonvelin | 4,521 | 3.1 | A− | C+ | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Renan | 8,577 | 4.6 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Le Conquet | 2,835 | 5.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Guilers | 8,268 | 6 | B+ | C+ | A | C+ |
| Plouarzel | 4,029 | 6.2 | — | B− | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Locmaria-Plouzané has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #13 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Locmaria-Plouzané grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Locmaria-Plouzané is a commune of 5,130 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 9, 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.