A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Its strongest subject is jobs & income — 1 job per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. With a B+ overall, Ploemeur is better than 66% of compared French towns and ranks #28 of 54 in Morbihan. Recorded crime is low: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Ploemeur 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 Ploemeur.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Ploemeur cost more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,705/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.09/m² a month, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Ploemeur, houses go for €3,657/m² and apartments for €3,889/m². Of the homes sold, 74% were houses.
€3,705/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploemeur€3,705/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,657/m²
479
Apartments
€3,889/m²
168
€14.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.74 to €18.48/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Ploemeur: 34% are 65 or over, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 37% of adults.
55.9median age
PloemeurMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Ploemeur records less crime per resident than 82% of compared French towns
In 2025, 313 offenses were recorded in Ploemeur. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 313 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage98
Burglary73
Family violence43
Other physical violence35
Theft from vehicles29
Sexual violence20
Vehicle theft15
Fraud137
Theft without violence69
Drug use40
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
313
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Ploemeur run higher than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,420 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Ploemeur: 6,350, for 6,250 residents in work (1 each). Bus, tram or train carried 3.5% of working residents in Ploemeur to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.6% of working residents in Ploemeur didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Bicycle6%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,350
jobs based in Ploemeur, 1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Ploemeur’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2,822 deaths in Ploemeur between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,657: 6% above. Its five care homes for older people (414 places) count their residents as Ploemeur’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. There are 29 general practitioners here. In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
29
GPs in Ploemeur · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Ploemeur has 6 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4 of the 6 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. 2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, below Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Henri Dupuy de Lôme: Théodore Truchelut, Public domain · Mickaël Le Bihan: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Élodie Guégan: André Zehetbauer, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Marc de Fleurian: PierreCrcl, CC BY 4.0 · Andréa Bescond: YanRB, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ploemeur’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ploemeur
Is Ploemeur safe?
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 73 burglaries and 98 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ploemeur good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #48 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 99% of 177 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph - La Salle in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ploemeur expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploemeur grades D for cost of living.
About Ploemeur
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Ploemeur is a commune of 18,872 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient 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.
