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Some 3,968 people live in this town, in Finistère, Brittany.
Safety is its strong suit: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (C+) — 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,272/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. The overall grade comes out at A, #9 of 59 in Finistère. Set against the rest, it does better than 90% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Plouvien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouvien 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.
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Plouvien has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouvien.
For 2025, the figures show 38 offenses in Plouvien. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 22.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #15 of 63 in Finistère. The nearest general lycée is 6.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, close to Finistère’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 15% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plouvien | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 243 residents of Plouvien died, against 239 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Plouvien records 102 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Plouvien is Polyclinique de Keraudren, 7.1 mi away. In Finistère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,272/m², comes from 112 sales of houses and apartments in Plouvien from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,261/m² | 111 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.5% of commuters got to work without a car. 850 jobs are based in Plouvien, for 2,000 working residents (0.4 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,870 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plouvien is Chapelle Saint-Jaoua et cimetière. The protected list starts in the 15th century. Also worth knowing: 7.9% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Plouvien has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-Balanan: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Jaoua et cimetière: Photo: Valerie Picolo · CC BY-SA 3.0
3 notable people were born in Plouvien.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouvien | 3,968 | — | A | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 2.7 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
| Bourg-Blanc | 3,573 | 3.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Lannilis | 5,709 | 4.2 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Gouesnou | 6,501 | 5.8 | A | C | B | B |
| Le Folgoët | 3,315 | 5.9 | A | B− | A | C |
| Plouguerneau | 6,755 | 6.2 | A− | B | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #7 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #15 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,272/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouvien grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouvien is a commune of 3,968 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.
