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Population 1,522: a town in Finistère, Brittany.
School results are strong (A−): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Add health to its strengths (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,655/m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Plougourvest 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 Plougourvest 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.
Plougourvest has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Plougourvest does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plougourvest counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plougourvest counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de chemin en pierre de Lambader: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plougourvest.
4.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 4.0%. Jobs located in Plougourvest: 350, for 750 residents in work (0.5 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège KerzouratNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plougourvest is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 10.5 mi away. 226 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 51% above. Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
47 sales of houses and apartments in Plougourvest, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,655/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,655/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Finistère’s towns (34%). Half of Plougourvest is older than 40.6, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plougourvest | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Plougourvest is Croix de chemin en pierre de Lambader. The pre-1919 share of homes is 7.5%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Plougourvest. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Plougourvest.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plougourvest is a commune of 1,522 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plougourvest | 1,522 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Plouvorn | 2,916 | 2.5 | — | A− | — | C |
| Landivisiau | 9,426 | 3.4 | A− | B | B | C |
| Guiclan | 2,585 | 5 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Plouénan | 2,610 | 6.5 | — | A− | — | D |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner | 3,148 | 6.8 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Cléder | 3,584 | 7.9 | — | B | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plougourvest has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,655/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plougourvest grades B+ 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 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.
