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2,984 people live in this town in Finistère, Brittany.
Plozévet’s schools fall short: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−). At the median price of €2,255/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden. It lags on walkability as well — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Plozévet has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plozévet 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.
Plozévet has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The 3 things Plozévet does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plozévet counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1881.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plozévet counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Menhir dit des Droits-de-l'Homme: Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Demet: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de la Trinité: Photo: Ackles29 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plozévet.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.1%, below Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half of Plozévet is older than 57.3, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Plozévet | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #62 of 63 in Finistère. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri Le MoalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 87%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 425 deaths in Plozévet from 2016 to 2025; there were 491, 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Plozévet is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 8.4 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 8.3%. Households’ median disposable income: €25,630 a year per consumption unit.
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 Plozévet is Menhir dit des Droits-de-l'Homme. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.4%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
123 sales of houses and apartments in Plozévet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,255/m². House rents are put at about €8.69/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.26/m² a month, about level with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,255/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3 violent offenses and 10.1 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in Plozévet in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (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 · 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 (26.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
2 notable people were born in Plozévet.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plozévet is a commune of 2,984 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plozévet | 2,984 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Plouhinec | 3,919 | 4.5 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Audierne | 3,727 | 6.6 | B | C | B− | C− |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 8.4 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Plonéour-Lanvern | 6,452 | 9.2 | B | B− | A+ | C |
| Pluguffan | 4,223 | 11 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Plomeur | 3,904 | 12 | — | B− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plozévet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns. 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 €2,255/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Plozévet grades C+ for cost of living.
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.