Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,679/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plouzévédé 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.
What makes Plouzévédé stand out
The one thing Plouzévédé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouzévédé 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 Plouzévédé.
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Plouzévédé than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.99/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 65 homes were sold in Plouzévédé. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. That is the middle of 65 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,388/m² for the median of compared towns in Finistère.
€1,679/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouzévédé€1,679/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,695/m²
64
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.65/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Plouzévédé, 5.8%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €25,090 a year per consumption unit, lower than Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Plouzévédé: 450, for 900 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Plouzévédé, 0.5 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,090
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 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Plouzévédé run higher than in 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 129 residents of Plouzévédé died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Plouzévédé records 94 deaths per 100 expected, close to Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Plouzévédé is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 11.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Plouzévédé can choose among 3 GPs.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Plouzévédé · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
11.9 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 younger town: only 19% of people in Plouzévédé are 65 or over, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
12% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Ages in Plouzévédé split evenly at 41.5: half are older, half younger.
41.5median age
PlouzévédéFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 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
History
Plouzévédé: 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly one in ten homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Plouzévédé is Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Berven et abords. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouzévédé
Is Plouzévédé safe?
Plouzévédé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plouzévédé expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouzévédé grades B+ for cost of living.
About Plouzévédé
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouzévédé is a commune of 1,897 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.
