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13,567 people call this town in Finistère, Brittany home.
Plouzané’s overall grade is A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #8 of 59 in Finistère. School results are strong (A): brevet results 1.9 points above the expected rate. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 one thing Plouzané does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouzané 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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Plouzané has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Plouzané. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouzané.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Plouzané, 94.7% passed the brevet, near Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.6 mi off. By results, schools here place #17 of 63 in Finistère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège KerallanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 100%+4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Pol RouxBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 58 | 91%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In all, 216 offenses reached the police record in Plouzané in 2025. The commonest graded crime 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Unemployment runs at 8.1%. 15.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 4,750 jobs are based in Plouzané, for 5,450 working residents (0.9 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.16/m² a month. Sales in Plouzané from July 2023 to June 2026: 335 houses and apartments. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,347/m² | 312 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Plouzané is Fort du Mengant. The pre-1919 share of homes is 1.6%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Plouzané | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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, 899 residents of Plouzané died, against 966 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Finistère is 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 10 GPs practise in the town.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Plouzané has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort du Mengant: Photo: Helmut Seger · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Plouzané.
François Arzel: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouzané | 13,567 | — | A | C | A | B− |
| Locmaria-Plouzané | 5,130 | 2.7 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Guilers | 8,268 | 3.9 | B+ | C+ | A | C+ |
| Saint-Renan | 8,577 | 4 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Bohars | 3,727 | 4.9 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Brest | 142,346 | 4.9 | C+ | C+ | D | C− |
| Plougonvelin | 4,521 | 5.8 | A− | C+ | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #25 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 52 burglaries and 65 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #17 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouzané grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouzané is a commune of 13,567 people in the Brest Métropole. 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.
