Is Plounéour-Brignogan-plages a good place to live?
Where it falls short is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,594/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. It also trails on walkability — 25% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 47% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Plounéour-Brignogan-plages 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 Plounéour-Brignogan-plages 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Phare de Pontusval · Classé · Photo: Steffen Heilfort · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages’ story
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plounéour-Brignogan-plages counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1889First protected: Menhir nord de Pontusval à Plounéour-Trez, ou menhir de Men…
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages.
HealthHealth D
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages loses more people than its age profile suggests, 115 per 100 expected, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 309 deaths in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 268: 15% above. For a family doctor, residents of Plounéour-Brignogan-plages can choose among 5 GPs.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
15 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Plounéour-Brignogan-plages: 38% are 65 or over, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 6.8%, below Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 33% of adults hold a degree. The age that splits Plounéour-Brignogan-plages in two is 59.1.
59.1median age
Plounéour-Brignogan-plagesFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Plounéour-Brignogan-plages works less well than 77% of compared French towns
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 400 jobs are based in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages, for 700 working residents (0.6 per worker). 8.6% of people in the labour force have no job.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages, 0.6 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,594/m², comes from 94 sales of houses and apartments in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.42/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 90% were houses.
€2,594/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages€2,594/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,589/m²
85
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €14.96/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,100
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, above Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages is Menhir nord de Pontusval à Plounéour-Trez, ou menhir de Men Marz. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plounéour-Brignogan-plages counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people averaged 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.1. 2025 saw 10 offenses recorded in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud9
Theft without violence6
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.
4.1
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
10
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
54.3%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 54.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Everything we know about Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plounéour-Brignogan-plages counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Menhir nord de Pontusval à Plounéour-Trez, ou menhir de Men Marz: Photo: Steffen Heilfort · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Menhir Sud de Pontusval: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire de Pont-ar-Crorz, ou de Pont ar Groas: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
2 notable people were born in Plounéour-Brignogan-plages.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
Is Plounéour-Brignogan-plages safe?
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Plounéour-Brignogan-plages 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 €2,594/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plounéour-Brignogan-plages grades C for cost of living.
About Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages is a commune of 1,972 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
Population
1,972 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes
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.
