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The town has 2,895 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Cost of living is its strong suit (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plerguer has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Plerguer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plerguer 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.
Plerguer has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Plerguer: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plerguer.
Unemployment stands at 5.4%. 450 jobs are based in Plerguer, for 1,350 working residents (0.3 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €25,660 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
89 sales of houses and apartments in Plerguer, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,233/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,233/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.1% of the town. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Plerguer | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plerguer is Menhir dit La Pierre du Domaine. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plerguer is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 10.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 232 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 204, 12% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 5 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Plerguer. Best known first.
Plerguer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Menhir dit La Pierre du Domaine: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Plerguer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plerguer | 2,895 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Miniac-Morvan | 4,408 | 2.4 | B | B− | A | C− |
| La Fresnais | 2,509 | 4.6 | — | B | — | C |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 4.7 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| Pleudihen-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 2,924 | 4.7 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Mesnil-Roc'h | 4,492 | 4.9 | B | B− | A+ | C |
| Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 3,416 | 7.1 | B | C− | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plerguer 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 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,233/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Plerguer grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Plerguer is a commune of 2,895 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération. 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.