Plouguerneau’s best grade is for safety: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The drawback is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,467/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. It lags on walkability as well: nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, better than 79% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #24 of 59 in Finistère.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Plouguerneau 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 Plouguerneau.
Safety
Plouguerneau records less crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
All told, Plouguerneau had 100 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally. Police and gendarmerie recorded 100 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage37
Family violence22
Sexual violence20
Burglary16
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud35
Theft without violence20
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
100
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.5%
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 other physical violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
95.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #21 of 63 in Finistère. A collège lies 2.8 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Plouguerneau has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 888 residents of Plouguerneau died, against 771 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Finistère’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plouguerneau is Polyclinique de Keraudren, 12.8 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Finistère is 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Plouguerneau · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de Keraudren
12.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Keraudren
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Plouguerneau are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Plouguerneau is 51.9 years old. 33% of adults hold a degree.
51.9median age
PlouguerneauFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Plouguerneau has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
At the census, 7.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,730 a year. Unemployment stands at 9.3%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Plouguerneau, 0.5 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Plouguerneau costs less than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.29/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,467/m²: 243 houses and apartments sold in Plouguerneau between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.01/m² a month. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,467/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouguerneau€2,467/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,447/m²
231
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.24 to €12.86/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Plouguerneau, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Plouguerneau: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1994. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen de Lilia.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouguerneau
Is Plouguerneau safe?
It grades A for safety, #13 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Plouguerneau good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #21 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plouguerneau expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,467/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouguerneau grades B for cost of living.
About Plouguerneau
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouguerneau is a commune of 6,755 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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.
