The picture is mixed. Its strongest subject is safety — an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Plessé earns a B−: better than 53% of compared French towns, and #62 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Add cost of living to its strengths — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 20% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Plessé 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plessé.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Plessé works less well than 86% of compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.5% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,720 a year per consumption unit, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 1,000 jobs are based in Plessé, for 2,500 working residents (0.4 per worker).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Plessé, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 14% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Plessé sees less crime per resident than four in five compared French towns
83 offenses were reported in Plessé during 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence17
Burglary12
Vehicle theft10
Theft from vehicles10
Sexual violence8
Fraud25
Theft without violence14
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
83
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Plessé, 94 per 100, but more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 454 deaths in Plessé from 2016 to 2025; there were 533, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Plessé is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 11.5 mi away. This Loire-Atlantique town has 5 family doctors. In Loire-Atlantique, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Plessé · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Plessé costs less than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.84/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,817/m², below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Plessé: 201 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,817/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plessé€1,817/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,817/m²
201
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.60 to €12.75/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 29% of adults. Also worth knowing: the share of residents under 15 is 19%.
43.4median age
PlesséLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Plessé: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Plessé has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Château de Carheil (ancien). The protected list starts in the 15th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plessé
Is Plessé safe?
It grades A− for safety, #16 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plessé expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plessé grades B+ for cost of living.
About Plessé
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Plessé is a commune of 5,335 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon 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
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.
