Where it does best is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. It lags on health as well (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 39% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Plonévez-du-Faou 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.
Each subject compares Plonévez-du-Faou 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 de Saint-Herbot avec son calvaire: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plonévez-du-Faou.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plonévez-du-Faou than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.02/m² a month
€1,136/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,136/m², below Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.29/m² a month. 134 houses and apartments changed hands in Plonévez-du-Faou from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plonévez-du-Faou€1,136/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,136/m²
134
€8.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.26 to €10.27/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Plonévez-du-Faou sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Plonévez-du-Faou’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. 445 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 354: 26% above. The nearest emergency department to Plonévez-du-Faou is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 11.4 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plonévez-du-Faou · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Plonévez-du-Faou than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
55.2median age
32% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 12% of residents. In addition, people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% of the town.
Plonévez-du-FaouFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Plonévez-du-Faou run lower than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,080 a year per consumption unit
5%walk, cycle or take transit
The census found 5.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 11.9%, above Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
600
jobs based in Plonévez-du-Faou, 0.8 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Plonévez-du-Faou: 15% were built before 1919, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Plonévez-du-Faou is Chapelle de Saint-Herbot avec son calvaire.
Plonévez-du-Faou is a commune of 2,160 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille. 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
2,160 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
31.2 sq mi (80.8 km²)
INSEE code
29175
Plonévez-du-Faou’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 Plonévez-du-Faou
Is Plonévez-du-Faou safe?
Plonévez-du-Faou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plonévez-du-Faou expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plonévez-du-Faou grades A+ 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.
