Plourin’s strongest is schools: brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,226/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−). The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plourin 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 Plourin 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 Plourin.
Schools
Schools around Plourin do better than those of 99% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Plourin, 98.0% passed the brevet, above both Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.6 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Plourin, 6.2%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Plourin has 200 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 4.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,040 a year per consumption unit, near both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Plourin, 0.4 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Plourin, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Over-65s are 18% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Ages in Plourin split evenly at 40.7: half are older, half younger.
40.7median age
PlourinFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 110 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
HousingCost of living B
Plourin gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,226/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in Plourin between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.89/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.55/m² a month, about level with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,226/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plourin€2,226/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,226/m²
34
€11.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.37 to €14.24/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,580
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Plourin keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plourin counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Menhir de Kergadiou. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Plourin sees 86 deaths per 100 expected, against 95 in Finistère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plourin is Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche, 10.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 82 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 71, 14% fewer. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Plourin · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche
11 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plourin
Is Plourin safe?
Plourin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Plourin good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plourin 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 €2,226/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plourin grades B for cost of living.
About Plourin
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plourin is a commune of 1,268 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. 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.
