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A town of 3,732 in Finistère, Brittany.
Ploudaniel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,880/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Ploudaniel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ploudaniel 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.
Ploudaniel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Ploudaniel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ploudaniel.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Ploudaniel, 100.0% passed the bac, above both Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-François Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-François Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 139 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Ploudaniel comes below both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Ploudaniel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 290 residents of Ploudaniel died, against 301 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Its care home for older people (17 places) counts its residents as Ploudaniel’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
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
For Ploudaniel, that is above both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). 21% of residents are 65 or over.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ploudaniel | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,880/m², below both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,880/m² | 94 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses in the graded categories in Ploudaniel in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 57.3% of the index here. With 2,900 jobs for 1,700 working residents, Ploudaniel draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Ploudaniel. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Léon4.4 km north, in LesnevenChâteauChâteauManoir de Quillimadecin townAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Folgoët3.5 km northwest, in Le FolgoëtChâteauChâteauManoir du Ménec4.1 km northwest, in Le FolgoëtMuseumMuseumLe Musée du Folgoët3.5 km northwest, in Le FolgoëtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Ploudaniel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Chapelle Saint-Eloy, ou Saint-Eloi: Photo: Gaëlle Fily · CC BY 3.0 · Manoir de Trébodennic: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Ploudaniel.
Aude de Thuin: Petersphilo, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Le Folgoët | 3,315 | 2.6 | A | B− | A | C |
| Lesneven | 7,566 | 2.9 | A | B | A− | B |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 4.9 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 5.5 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 6.1 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
| Plouvien | 3,968 | 6.5 | A | B+ | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ploudaniel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #28 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 100% of 139 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-François Notre-Dame in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploudaniel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Ploudaniel is a commune of 3,732 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. 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.
