Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Crime is low: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Plouigneau’s overall grade of A puts it better than 87% of compared French towns, #13 of 59 in Finistère. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Plouigneau 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 Plouigneau.
Safety
Plouigneau sees less crime per resident than 94% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Plouigneau were family violence than anything else (2025). In all, 60 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence17
Burglary15
Criminal damage15
Other physical violence13
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence10
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
60
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.8%
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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Plouigneau costs less than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.02/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,732/m², below both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Plouigneau recorded 129 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,732/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouigneau€1,732/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,732/m²
129
€9.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €11.64/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.17/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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer commuters in Plouigneau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%
Unemployment stood at 8.0%, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Plouigneau: 1,550, for 2,150 residents in work (0.7 each). At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Plouigneau didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Plouigneau, 0.7 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,020
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 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Plouigneau’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
554 deaths in Plouigneau between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 498: 11% above. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, about level with Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). There are 5 general practitioners here. At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Plouigneau · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
5.1 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
Plouigneau: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Plouigneau than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 28% of adults
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, below Finistère’s towns (26%) but above compared French towns (22%). Half of Plouigneau is older than 47.3, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
47.3median age
PlouigneauFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouigneau
Is Plouigneau safe?
It grades A for safety, #10 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plouigneau expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouigneau grades A− for cost of living.
About Plouigneau
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouigneau is a commune of 5,014 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.
