Plabennec grades A overall, better than 93% of compared French towns. That places it #7 of 59 in Finistère. Recorded crime is low: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What counts against it is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,308/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plabennec.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Plabennec than in 98% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Plabennec show 87 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
2.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Family violence15
Theft from vehicles15
Other physical violence12
Burglary11
Sexual violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud63
Theft without violence11
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.
2.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
87
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 4.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
94.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 6.7 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #15 of 63 in Finistère on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Plabennec sees more deaths than 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
788 deaths in Plabennec between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 706: 12% above. Its two care homes for older people (120 places) count their residents as Plabennec’s; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. Also worth knowing: 7 GPs practise in the town. At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Plabennec · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de Keraudren
5.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Keraudren
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 20% of people in Plabennec are under 15, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and near compared French towns (11%). Ages in Plabennec split evenly at 41.6: half are older, half younger.
41.6median age
PlabennecFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Plabennec is Motte féodale et camp de Lesquellen. 5.1% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Plabennec are out of work than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%
At the census, 6.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,400 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
3,250
jobs based in Plabennec, 0.8 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Plabennec gets a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,308/m², comes from 247 sales of houses and apartments in Plabennec from July 2023 to June 2026. In Plabennec, houses go for €2,250/m² and apartments for €2,595/m². Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,308/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plabennec€2,308/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,250/m²
217
Apartments
€2,595/m²
30
€12.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.02 to €15.08/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plabennec
Is Plabennec safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Plabennec good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #15 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plabennec expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,308/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.29/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plabennec grades C+ for cost of living.
About Plabennec
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plabennec is a commune of 8,686 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
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.
