Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,213 residents, it is a town in Finistère, Brittany.
Pupils here do better than most (A+): bac results 2.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,031/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Douarnenez Communauté. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pouldergat 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.
Each subject compares Pouldergat 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.
Pouldergat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pouldergat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Temple celto-romain du type fanum, dénommé Temple de Trogouzel, in Douarnenez, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pouldergat.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pouldergat, 98.6% passed the bac, above Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 95% passed the bac pro, of 38 candidates.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Marie Le BrisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée Jean-Marie Le BrisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 96 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Blaise PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 52 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
3.9% 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%). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Pouldergat didn’t travel to work at all. Median disposable income comes to €25,680 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted mortality in Pouldergat: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. 112 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 116: 3% below.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
27% of residents are 65 or over, close to Finistère’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Pouldergat is 50.3 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Pouldergat | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,031/m²: 35 houses and apartments sold in Pouldergat between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.09/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.36/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,031/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Pouldergat, other physical violence came up most often (2025). Violence against people averaged 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.8.
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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Pouldergat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pouldergat yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouldergat | 1,213 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 3 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Plozévet | 2,984 | 6.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 7.6 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Pluguffan | 4,223 | 8.4 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Plouhinec | 3,919 | 8.6 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Audierne | 3,727 | 10 | B | C | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pouldergat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 96 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Marie Le Bris in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,031/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pouldergat grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Pouldergat is a commune of 1,213 people in the Communauté de communes Douarnenez 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
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.