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The town has 2,610 residents and lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well (C) — 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,507/m².
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, INSEE census 2023. Plouénan has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Plouénan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouénan 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.
Plouénan has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Plouénan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouénan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plouénan is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 7.9 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, higher than both Finistère’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). 257 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 246: 5% above. In Finistère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Plouénan: 86 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,507/m² | 86 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 7.6%. For its 1,200 residents in work, Plouénan has 800 jobs: 0.7 each.
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Plouénan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plouénan | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Plouénan. Best known first.
Plouénan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Calvaire dit de Croas Ar Rest: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
4 notable people were born in Plouénan.
Yvonne Reungoat: Daniel Daley, CC BY-SA 4.0 · François Prigent: PRIGENTF, 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 →
Plouénan 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 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouénan grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouénan is a commune of 2,610 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Léon 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
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 4, 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.