Pupils here do better than most: bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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. Plougoulm 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.
Each subject compares Plougoulm 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.
Stèle christianisée dite Kroaz-Méan: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moulin de Ramblouc'h: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plougoulm.
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Plougoulm run above what its ages would predict: 117 per 100 expected, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
+17%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Plougoulm has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Plougoulm is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 11.8 mi away. Also worth knowing: 170 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 145: 17% 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted117
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Plougoulm · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
11.8 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
Plougoulm is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Plougoulm counts 0.4 jobs (350 jobs, 800 workers). 3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 7.6%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Plougoulm, 0.4 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Plougoulm do better than those of 86% of compared French towns
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 93% passed the bac pro, of 44 candidates. Near Plougoulm, 98.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plougoulm than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.81/m² a month
€1,668/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,668/m², lower than both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 58 homes in Plougoulm.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plougoulm€1,668/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,668/m²
58
€9.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.49 to €12.86/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.38/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
History
3 historic monuments in Plougoulm, the oldest from prehistory
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 2 of 3. The protected list starts in prehistory. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
47.3median age
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Finistère’s towns (26%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Line up the people of Plougoulm by age and the one in the middle is 47.3.
PlougoulmFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
Safety
Plougoulm has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In all, 8 offenses reached the police record in Plougoulm in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Plougoulm (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
64.6%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 64.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Plougoulm is a commune of 1,755 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
Population
1,755 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
7.1 sq mi (18.4 km²)
INSEE code
29192
Plougoulm’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plougoulm
Is Plougoulm safe?
Plougoulm has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Plougoulm good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 245 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre Dame du Kreisker 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.
Is Plougoulm expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plougoulm grades A− for cost of living.
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.
