Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. At €1,633/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C): three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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. Plounéventer 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 Plounéventer 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 Plounéventer.
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Plounéventer, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Finistère’s towns and compared French towns: 108 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 125 deaths in Plounéventer from 2016 to 2025; there were 136, 8% more. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Plounéventer can choose among 2 GPs.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plounéventer · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
4.7 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
A town of families: 22% of people in Plounéventer are under 15, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%. Among adults, 35% have a degree.
39.1median age
PlounéventerFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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
Plounéventer has lower unemployment than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%
At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,470 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Plounéventer, 0.3 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,470
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 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Plounéventer, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plounéventer is Manoir de Mézarnou. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. 6.9% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Plounéventer gets a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,633/m², comes from 57 sales of houses and apartments in Plounéventer from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.30/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.82/m² a month, near both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,633/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plounéventer€1,633/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,633/m²
57
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €14.96/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plounéventer
Is Plounéventer safe?
Plounéventer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plounéventer expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,633/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plounéventer grades B− for cost of living.
About Plounéventer
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plounéventer is a commune of 2,251 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
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.
