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Plouégat-GuérandFinistère

Population 1,050: a town in Finistère, Brittany.

Is Plouégat-Guérand a good place to live?

Plouégat-Guérand’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: just over half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Plouégat-Guérand 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.

How Plouégat-Guérand grades

Each subject compares Plouégat-Guérand 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.

How grading works

Plouégat-Guérand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthGraded on how healthy residents areD−Open →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →WalkabilityBelow the middle of the towns comparedC−Open →SchoolsClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →Jobs & income6.7% unemploymentC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Plouégat-Guérand stand out

The 2 things Plouégat-Guérand does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Tumulus
Tumulus · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plouégat-Guérand’s story

Plouégat-Guérand in pictures

Plouégat-Guérand has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1977.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Guillaume Lejean, born in 1824, is the one person born in Plouégat-Guérand before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 2010First protected: Église paroissiale Saint-Agapit
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Landmarks

The list names few of Plouégat-Guérand’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église paroissiale Saint-Agapit: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouégat-Guérand.

HealthHealth D−

Allowing for age and care homes, Plouégat-Guérand sees more deaths than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 124 per 100 expected

+24%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Plouégat-Guérand died, against 86 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plouégat-Guérand is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 8.2 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw124
Adjusted124
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plouégat-Guérand · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, C H des Pays de Morlaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Plouégat-Guérand costs less than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.02/m² a month

€1,695/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The middle sale price: €1,695/m², below both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.24/m² a month. Plouégat-Guérand recorded 37 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Plouégat-Guérand€1,695/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,695/m²37
€9.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €11.64/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Plouégat-Guérand has lower unemployment than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

6%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 150 jobs are based in Plouégat-Guérand, for 450 working residents (0.4 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,290 a year per consumption unit, below Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Plouégat-Guérand, 0.4 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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

Plouégat-Guérand keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Plouégat-Guérand is Église paroissiale Saint-Agapit. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1977
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Schools

91.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.9 points below the expected rate

91.1%passed the brevetBSchool Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.8 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Plouégat-Guérand91.1%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Aux Quatre VentsNearest collègeCollègeCollège9093%−1 pt

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91.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.9 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

A younger town: only 21% of people in Plouégat-Guérand are 65 or over, fewer than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

45.6median age

Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, near Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 34% have a degree.

Plouégat-GuérandFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Plouégat-Guérand
Plouégat-GuérandFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–249.1%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+21%26%22%
No diploma10%14%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education34%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Plouégat-Guérand

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Nearby attractions

Château du Guérand and 2 more in and around Plouégat-Guérand

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Plouégat-Guérand. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Plouégat-Guérand

One notable person was born in Plouégat-Guérand.

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About Plouégat-Guérand

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Plouégat-Guérand is a commune of 1,050 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté. 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
1,050 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
6.7 sq mi (17.4 km²)
INSEE code
29182

Plouégat-Guérand’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Finistère →
Plestin-les-GrèvesPlouigneauPlougonvenMorlaixPlougasnouPlourin-lès-MorlaixPlestin-les-GrèvesPlouigneauPlougonvenMorlaixPlougasnouPlourin-lès-MorlaixPlouégat-Guérand
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Plouégat-Guérand1,050——A—D−
Plestin-les-Grèves Côtes-d'Armor3,6393BBA−C+
Plouigneau5,0144.3AA−AC
Plougonven3,3827.4—A—D
Morlaix15,1947.5C+B+DD
Plougasnou3,1927.6—B—C
Plourin-lès-Morlaix4,5488.5AA−AC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Plouégat-Guérand

Is Plouégat-Guérand safe?

Plouégat-Guérand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Plouégat-Guérand good?

They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Plouégat-Guérand expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouégat-Guérand grades A for cost of living.

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 November 9, 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.