Recorded crime is low (A+): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The trade-off 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. It also trails on walkability (C−): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,263/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 59% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #44 of 59 in Finistère.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Plonéour-Lanvern 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Languivoa: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir de Trévilit: Photo: 25asd · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plonéour-Lanvern.
Safety
Plonéour-Lanvern records less crime per resident than 99% of compared French towns
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Plonéour-Lanvern ranks first of the 59 compared towns in Finistère on the Safety Grade. For 2025, the figures show 48 offenses in the town. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Other physical violence11
Burglary11
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud40
Theft without violence22
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.4%
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 · Small counts of family violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.4% 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Plonéour-Lanvern than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4%
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Plonéour-Lanvern counts 0.6 jobs (1,600 jobs, 2,700 workers). The median disposable income was €25,800 a year per consumption unit, in line with Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.2% of working residents in Plonéour-Lanvern didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,600
jobs based in Plonéour-Lanvern, 0.6 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,800
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 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Plonéour-Lanvern’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 72% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (112 places) counts its residents as Plonéour-Lanvern’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. 751 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 680: 11% above. Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 7 general practitioners locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Plonéour-Lanvern · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Hotel Dieu les Augustines de Pont L Abbe
10.2 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
Plonéour-Lanvern: 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total, higher than Finistère’s towns (5.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plonéour-Lanvern than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.85/m² a month
€2,263/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,263/m², comes from 201 sales of houses and apartments in Plonéour-Lanvern from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.06/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plonéour-Lanvern€2,263/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,264/m²
198
€10.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.61 to €13.66/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Plonéour-Lanvern has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
45.8median age
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Finistère’s towns (34%). 18% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
Plonéour-LanvernFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
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%.
Plonéour-Lanvern is a commune of 6,452 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden. 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
Population
6,452 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
18.8 sq mi (48.8 km²)
INSEE code
29174
Plonéour-Lanvern’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plonéour-Lanvern
Is Plonéour-Lanvern safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plonéour-Lanvern 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 €2,263/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Plonéour-Lanvern grades B− for cost of living.
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.
