Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−): 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,008/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. 6 historic monuments appear on the Culture ministry’s list.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Plogonnec has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plogonnec 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 Plogonnec.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Plogonnec than in Finistère or compared French towns: 19 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plogonnec is Tumulus de Kernescop. Homes built before 1919 account for just over a tenth of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Plogonnec, 6.1%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,930 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Plogonnec, 0.5 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Plogonnec has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Finistère’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Half of Plogonnec is older than 45.9, half younger.
45.9median age
PlogonnecFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Plogonnec run higher than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 391 residents of Plogonnec died, against 344 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Plogonnec’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plogonnec is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper, 6.8 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Finistère is 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Plogonnec · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
88 sales of houses and apartments in Plogonnec, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,008/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.76/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.23/m² a month, close to Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,008/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plogonnec€2,008/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,008/m²
88
€11.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.92 to €14.13/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plogonnec
Is Plogonnec safe?
Plogonnec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plogonnec expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,008/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plogonnec grades B− for cost of living.
About Plogonnec
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plogonnec is a commune of 3,236 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. 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.
