At the median price of €2,026/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Douarnenez Communauté. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. 15% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Poullan-sur-Mer 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 Poullan-sur-Mer 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Kérinec et abords: Photo: Larvor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Cadoan: Photo: Larvor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allée couverte de Lesconil dite Ty-arc'horriquet: Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poullan-sur-Mer.
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Poullan-sur-Mer, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Finistère’s towns and compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Poullan-sur-Mer. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 166 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 155: 7% above.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Poullan-sur-Mer · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez
15.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Poullan-sur-Mer are 15 to 24: 6%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
54.4median age
Just over a third of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
Poullan-sur-MerFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer commuters in Poullan-sur-Mer walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.3%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,610 a year. 9.8% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Poullan-sur-Mer didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Poullan-sur-Mer, 0.4 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Poullan-sur-Mer has 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Poullan-sur-Mer is Allée couverte de Lesconil dite Ty-arc'horriquet. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. 8.1% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Poullan-sur-Mer is graded a B− for cost of living
€2,026/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
52 sales of houses and apartments in Poullan-sur-Mer, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,026/m². Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €8.69/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Poullan-sur-Mer€2,026/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,000/m²
51
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.26/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Douarnenez Communauté
Poullan-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,453 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
Population
1,453 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Douarnenez Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
11.8 sq mi (30.5 km²)
INSEE code
29226
Poullan-sur-Mer’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Poullan-sur-Mer
Is Poullan-sur-Mer safe?
Poullan-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Poullan-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,026/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.26/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Poullan-sur-Mer grades B− for cost of living.
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.
