Where it does best is schools (A): brevet results 2.3 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,947/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté. The local economy is weaker than most: 1 job per working resident; 12.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Plouescat has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plouescat 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 Plouescat.
History
Plouescat is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plouescat is Allée couverte. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plouescat counts 9 historic monuments: 8 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. 6 of the 9 are tombs and funerary monuments.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Plouescat, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Finistère’s towns and compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
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, 709 residents of Plouescat died, against 515 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. The nearest emergency department to Plouescat is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 14.9 mi away. This Finistère town has 2 family doctors.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw138
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plouescat · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
14.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Schools around Plouescat do better than those of 85% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Plouescat, 93.0% passed the brevet, about level with Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #33 of 63 in Finistère. General-bac pupils go 8.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Plouescat: 34% are 65 or over, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are just over a tenth of the town. Graduates make up 23% of adults.
54.5median age
PlouescatFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Plouescat costs less than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.69/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,947/m²: 144 houses and apartments sold in Plouescat between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,947/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouescat€1,947/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,974/m²
136
€9.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.33 to €12.80/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Plouescat, 12.2%, runs above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
For its 1,200 residents in work, Plouescat has 1,150 jobs: 1 each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,330 a year per consumption unit, below Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.8% of working residents in Plouescat didn’t travel to work at all.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,150
jobs based in Plouescat, 1 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Plouescat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Plouescat’s tally for 2025: 20 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.2. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence8
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.0%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 26.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Halles de Plouescat and 8 more in and around Plouescat
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Plouescat. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouescat
Is Plouescat safe?
Plouescat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Plouescat good?
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns and #33 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plouescat expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,947/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouescat grades B+ for cost of living.
About Plouescat
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouescat is a commune of 3,554 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
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.
