Plougonven’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 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 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (D): just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment.
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. Plougonven 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.
Each subject compares Plougonven 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 Plougonven.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Plougonven is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.1% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €25,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 11.4%.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
600
jobs based in Plougonven, 0.4 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plougonven than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.29/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,573/m², below Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 128 homes in Plougonven.
€1,573/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plougonven€1,573/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,573/m²
128
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €10.55/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.14/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
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Plougonven sees more deaths than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Plougonven. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 412 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 485, 18% more.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plougonven · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
5.2 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
Plougonven has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4% are 15 to 24
28% of residents are 65 or over, above both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.
49median age
PlougonvenFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1992
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1992, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Plougonven has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Yves. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plougonven
Is Plougonven safe?
Plougonven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plougonven expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plougonven grades A for cost of living.
About Plougonven
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plougonven is a commune of 3,382 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
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.
