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People aged 65 and over make up 33% of residents. Home to 2,282 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Homes sell for a median €1,991/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Its weakest subject is health (C−). Getting around depends on the car: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Plomodiern 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 Plomodiern does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plomodiern 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.
Plomodiern has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Plomodiern counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plomodiern.
13% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, above both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a third of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Plomodiern | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Plomodiern records 100 deaths per 100 expected. 377 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 315: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Plomodiern is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 7.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Plomodiern can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,250 a year per consumption unit, about level with Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Plomodiern to work at the census. At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Plomodiern didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
93 sales of houses and apartments in Plomodiern, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,991/m². House rents are put at about €9.61/m² a month. Houses were 96% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,983/m² | 89 |
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.
Among the classé monuments in Plomodiern is Chapelle Sainte-Marie. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plomodiern counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plomodiern counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Mahouarn: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Sainte-Marie: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Plomodiern.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plomodiern | 2,282 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 7.2 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 7.4 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 8 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | 8.9 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Briec | 5,816 | 12 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Crozon | 7,499 | 13 | B+ | C | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plomodiern has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,991/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plomodiern grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plomodiern is a commune of 2,282 people in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. 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 October 30, 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.
