Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Finistère, Brittany has a population of 1,809.
Plouider’s strongest is schools — bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,638/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes.
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. Plouider 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.
The one thing Plouider does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouider 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.
Plouider has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Plouider as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen à enceinte du Cosquer, in Goulven, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Plouider. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouider.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
177 deaths in Plouider between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 159: 11% above. The nearest emergency department to Plouider is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 11.3 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.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Plouider, 100.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 139 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 87%−3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-François Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 139 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-François Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 185 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Per resident in work, Plouider counts 0.4 jobs (300 jobs, 800 workers). Unemployment stood at 9.2%, close to Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,638/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Plouider from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.29/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.82/m² a month, near both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,638/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.5% of the town. At 46.3, the median resident of Plouider sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plouider | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Plouider is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Plouider as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouider | 1,809 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Lesneven | 7,566 | 2.5 | A | B | A− | B |
| Le Folgoët | 3,315 | 3.4 | A | B− | A | C |
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | 5.2 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Plouescat | 3,554 | 6.5 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Plouvien | 3,968 | 9 | A | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 9.2 | — | B+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plouider has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 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 86% 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 €1,638/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouider grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouider is a commune of 1,809 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. 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
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 October 30, 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.