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The town has 1,866 residents and lies in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Pleucadeuc a good place to live?

Schools do well (A+): brevet results 4.1 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €1,860/m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. The weak point is walkability — 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pleucadeuc 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.

StrongestA+Schools

What makes Pleucadeuc stand out

The one thing Pleucadeuc does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Pleucadeuc grades

Each subject compares Pleucadeuc 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 grading works

Pleucadeuc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Calvaire Saint-Marc
Calvaire Saint-Marc · Inscrit · Photo: H mlet · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pleucadeuc’s story

Pleucadeuc in pictures

Pleucadeuc has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Calvaire Saint-Marc
  • 1928Most recently protected: Croix du 16e siècle située derrière l'église
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pleucadeuc.

Schools

Exam results around Pleucadeuc beat 95% of compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

96.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Pleucadeuc, above both Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 8 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away.

96.5%passed the brevetA+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pleucadeuc96.5%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Saint-Julien PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège14499%+5 pts
Collège Yves CoppensBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège6691%+2 pts
96.5%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4.1 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Pleucadeuc has lower unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,790 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Pleucadeuc didn’t travel to work at all. 4.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 89% drove.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Pleucadeuc, 1 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,790
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 27% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth B

Mortality in Pleucadeuc, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Women in Morbihan live to 85.4 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 206 deaths in Pleucadeuc from 2016 to 2025; there were 198, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pleucadeuc is Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel, 11.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Pleucadeuc can choose among 3 GPs.

−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw96
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pleucadeuc · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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−.

HousingCost of living B

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pleucadeuc than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.29/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Behind the median of €1,860/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Pleucadeuc between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,860/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Pleucadeuc€1,860/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,860/m²58
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.01 to €13.22/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

3 historic monuments in Pleucadeuc, none of them classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
15th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Pleucadeuc than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) but above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. At 48.3, the median resident of Pleucadeuc sits in the middle of the age range.

48.3median age
PleucadeucMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pleucadeuc
PleucadeucMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–249.5%9.3%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+24%27%22%
No diploma18%15%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education23%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pleucadeuc

15pages on Pleucadeuc

Landmarks

Pleucadeuc has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Croix située sur le mur d'enclos de la chapelle Saint-Barthélémy: Photo: H mlet · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Pleucadeuc

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pleucadeuc as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Pleucadeuc’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Morbihan →
MalestroitSérentVal d'OustQuestembertElvenPloërmelMalestroitSérentVal d'OustQuestembertElvenPloërmelPleucadeuc
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pleucadeuc1,866——B—B
Malestroit2,5583—B−—A
Sérent3,4296.9—B−—C−
Val d'Oust2,8077.4—B+—A
Questembert8,1337.5A−C+A−B−
Elven6,65110A−C+A−C+
Ploërmel10,16311B+C+C+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Pleucadeuc

Is Pleucadeuc safe?

Pleucadeuc 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 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Pleucadeuc good?

They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Pleucadeuc expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,860/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pleucadeuc grades B for cost of living.

About Pleucadeuc

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Pleucadeuc is a commune of 1,866 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. 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
1,866 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
13.5 sq mi (35 km²)
INSEE code
56159

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 October 30, 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.