Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C−): two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its best grade is for jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at C−, #50 of 54 in Morbihan. That leaves it better than 21% of compared French towns.
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 Ploemel 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 Ploemel.
History
Ploemel is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ploemel is Dolmen à galerie avec la base du tumulus. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. This Morbihan town has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 6 of the 8, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
On foot, Ploemel works less well than four in five compared French towns
5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.0%. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €26,900 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
750
jobs based in Ploemel, 0.5 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Ploemel cost more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,693/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 70% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.53/m² a month. Ploemel recorded 88 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€3,693/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploemel€3,693/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,693/m²
62
€12.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.17 to €16.20/m² a month)
9.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Ploemel’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 77% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Ploemel. Adjusted for age and care homes, Ploemel records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 249 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 246, 1% fewer. In Morbihan, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Ploemel · 6.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ploemel has less crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Ploemel, the most frequent was burglary (2025). All told, Ploemel had 31 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.1 violent offenses and 16.8 graded property crimes a year.
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary18
Criminal damage8
Theft from vehicles5
Fraud16
Theft without violence6
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.7%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 22.7% 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.
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Ploemel are under 15, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents of Ploemel have a median age of 45.
45median age
PloemelMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Croix de Locmiquel: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de Mane-Bley: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Locmaria: Photo: Rosescreen · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploemel
Is Ploemel safe?
It grades B for safety, #37 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Is Ploemel expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.84/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploemel grades C− for cost of living.
About Ploemel
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Ploemel is a commune of 3,175 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
3,175 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
