A solid town with one catch. Taken together, its subjects give Plourin-lès-Morlaix an A overall, better than 89% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #12 of 59 in Finistère. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools do well: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.9 points above the expected rate. At €1,824/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté. What holds it back is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Plourin-lès-Morlaix 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.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: ChrisDeLompret · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plourin-lès-Morlaix.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Plourin-lès-Morlaix than in 85% of compared French towns
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
More of the graded crimes in Plourin-lès-Morlaix were burglary than anything else (2025). The 2025 count: 57 offenses locally.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary22
Criminal damage21
Vehicle theft8
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence15
Drug use6
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
57
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.2%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.2% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Exam results around Plourin-lès-Morlaix beat 80% of compared French towns
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 93% of 224 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. 95.5% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Plourin-lès-Morlaix, between Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plourin-lès-Morlaix than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.50/m² a month
€1,824/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,824/m², comes from 124 sales of houses and apartments in Plourin-lès-Morlaix from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plourin-lès-Morlaix€1,824/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,827/m²
119
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.47 to €12.08/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/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
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of people in Plourin-lès-Morlaix are 65 or over, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
48.6median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Residents of Plourin-lès-Morlaix have a median age of 48.6. 16% are under 15, higher than Finistère’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%).
Plourin-lès-MorlaixFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Plourin-lès-Morlaix is above 67% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 539 deaths in Plourin-lès-Morlaix from 2016 to 2025; there were 561, 4% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Plourin-lès-Morlaix’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plourin-lès-Morlaix · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
2 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
Plourin-lès-Morlaix has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each
10%walk, cycle or take transit
No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Plourin-lès-Morlaix at the census. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Finistère’s towns (8.9%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,400 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Plourin-lès-Morlaix, 0.6 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1988
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1988, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.3% of the total, between Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
16th c.
oldest protected part
1932
first monument protected
1988
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Olivier Souêtre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Plourin-lès-Morlaix
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plourin-lès-Morlaix is a commune of 4,548 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
Population
4,548 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
16.4 sq mi (42.4 km²)
INSEE code
29207
Plourin-lès-Morlaix’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plourin-lès-Morlaix
Is Plourin-lès-Morlaix safe?
It grades A for safety, #25 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Plourin-lès-Morlaix good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #41 of 63 in Finistère. 97% of 229 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Tristan Corbière in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plourin-lès-Morlaix expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,824/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plourin-lès-Morlaix grades A− for cost of living.
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.
