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This town in Finistère, Brittany has a population of 2,409.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,045/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Few residents are of retirement age: 16% are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Plonéis 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 2 things Plonéis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plonéis 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.
Plonéis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Plonéis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Fiacre, in Guengat, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plonéis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Plonéis has one family doctor. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 135 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 159, 18% more.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Plonéis has a median age of 40.4 years. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plonéis | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 4.5% of Plonéis’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,770 a year per consumption unit.
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.
73 sales of houses and apartments in Plonéis, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,045/m². Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,045/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Plonéis. Best known first.
Nothing in Plonéis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Plonéis yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plonéis | 2,409 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Pluguffan | 4,223 | 2.8 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 4.3 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Quimper | 64,385 | 4.9 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Plomelin | 4,239 | 5.6 | B+ | C+ | A+ | C |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 7.8 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Ergué-Gabéric | 8,606 | 8 | A+ | B | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plonéis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 €2,045/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plonéis grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plonéis is a commune of 2,409 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
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.