Overall, Plomelin earns a B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. That places it #31 of 59 in Finistère. Its best grade is for safety — an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,426/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. The catch is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Plomelin 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 Plomelin.
Safety
Crime per resident in Plomelin runs lower than in 99% of compared French towns
The police record for Plomelin lists 42 offenses in 2025. This Finistère town ranks first of the 59 compared towns in Finistère on the Safety Grade. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary17
Criminal damage14
Family violence11
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence7
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.4%
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 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, 24.4% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Plomelin has a higher adjusted death rate than 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Plomelin. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Plomelin’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 413 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 473, 14% more. At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Plomelin · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
4 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
Plomelin has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.7 for each
The median disposable income was €27,610 a year per consumption unit, near Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.9% of commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 8.4% are unemployed.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Plomelin, 0.7 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Plomelin has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, near Finistère’s towns (26%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a third of adults. The median resident of Plomelin is 50.6 years old.
50.6median age
PlomelinFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 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
Plomelin has 3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Plomelin has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Trois menhirs. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. 3.9% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Plomelin earns a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,426/m²: 106 houses and apartments sold in Plomelin between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.25/m² a month, near Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,426/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plomelin€2,426/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,418/m²
102
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.23 to €13.72/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Château de Pérennou: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site antique du Pérennou: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plomelin
Is Plomelin safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plomelin 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 €2,426/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plomelin grades C+ for cost of living.
About Plomelin
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plomelin is a commune of 4,239 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.
