Ploudalmézeau’s strongest subject is safety: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Ploudalmézeau earns an A+: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #2 of 59 in Finistère. Schools are a strength too (A+): brevet results 5.6 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,478/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Ploudalmézeau 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 Ploudalmézeau.
Safety
Crime per resident in Ploudalmézeau runs lower than in 99% of compared French towns
Ploudalmézeau ranks first of the 59 compared towns in Finistère on the Safety Grade. 2025 saw 77 offenses recorded in the town. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
2.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage39
Burglary15
Theft from vehicles9
Family violence8
Other physical violence6
Fraud34
Theft without violence19
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.
2.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
77
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.9%
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Brevet results near Ploudalmézeau run high: 98.6% passed, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #2 of 63 in Finistère. The nearest general lycée is 12.6 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Ploudalmézeau run higher than in 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 767 deaths in Ploudalmézeau from 2016 to 2025; there were 890, 16% more. Its care home for older people (160 places) counts its residents as Ploudalmézeau’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Ploudalmézeau is Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche, 12.1 mi away. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Ploudalmézeau · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Keraudren
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, higher than Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and near compared French towns (11%). Residents of Ploudalmézeau have a median age of 49.3. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
49.3median age
PloudalmézeauFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
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
2 historic monuments in Ploudalmézeau, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ploudalmézeau is Galerie dolménique. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.6% of the total, between Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and 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
Ploudalmézeau’s grade for cost of living: a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,478/m², comes from 207 sales of houses and apartments in Ploudalmézeau from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.00/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,478/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploudalmézeau€2,478/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,483/m²
202
€11.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.69 to €15.18/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,580
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Ploudalmézeau, 6.1%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Ploudalmézeau has 2,050 jobs for 2,600 working residents, 0.8 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,340 a year per consumption unit, close to Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 7.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,050
jobs based in Ploudalmézeau, 0.8 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploudalmézeau
Is Ploudalmézeau safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ploudalmézeau good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #2 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ploudalmézeau 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 €2,478/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploudalmézeau grades B for cost of living.
About Ploudalmézeau
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Ploudalmézeau is a commune of 6,522 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. 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.
