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3,543 people live in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Crime is low (A+): an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pleumeleuc’s overall A puts it #19 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. It comes out better than 93% of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,553/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté. Households here earn well (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pleumeleuc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pleumeleuc 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pleumeleuc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en granit du 15e siècle, in Clayes, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pleumeleuc.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Pleumeleuc (2025). In 2025, 44 offenses were recorded here. Police and gendarmerie recorded 44 offenses in the graded categories here in 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by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.9% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 40% of adults, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and above compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. Pleumeleuc has a median age of 38.5 years.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pleumeleuc | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pleumeleuc is Chp Saint Gregoire, 10.7 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Pleumeleuc records 79 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 135 residents of Pleumeleuc died, against 171 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% 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.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.6 mi off. Also worth knowing: its collèges and lycées rank #71 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 89%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €28,510 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
78 sales of houses and apartments in Pleumeleuc, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,553/m². Houses were 77% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,577/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pleumeleuc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pleumeleuc as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleumeleuc | 3,543 | — | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Bédée | 4,662 | 1.5 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Romillé | 4,189 | 2.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Breteil | 3,675 | 2.7 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Montfort-sur-Meu | 6,810 | 4 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Gilles | 5,576 | 4.1 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Cintré | 2,645 | 5.6 | — | B− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #71 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. 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 €2,553/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pleumeleuc grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Pleumeleuc is a commune of 3,543 people in the Communauté de communes Montfort 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 9, 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.