A strong record with one exception. Where it does best is schools — bac results 1.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Ploërmel’s overall B+ puts it #22 of 54 in Morbihan. Nationally, it does better than 74% of compared French towns. It also does well on jobs & income (A−) — 2 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. The drawback is safety (C+): an average of 11.8 recorded violent incidents and 13.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for walkability.
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 Ploërmel 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 Ploërmel.
History
Ploërmel is rich in protected monuments: 23 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.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Ploërmel is Église Saint-Armel. 13 of the 23 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Ploërmel has more crime per resident than 65% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Ploërmel show 233 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Ploërmel (8,350 to 4,200): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
11.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage74
Other physical violence46
Sexual violence34
Family violence28
Burglary24
Vehicle theft15
Theft from vehicles12
Fraud73
Theft without violence55
Drug use33
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.
11.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
233
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in Ploërmel cost less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €2,151/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Ploërmel, houses go for €2,114/m² and apartments for €2,231/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.61/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). This Morbihan town recorded 384 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,151/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ploërmel€2,151/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,114/m²
265
Apartments
€2,231/m²
119
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.16 to €14.72/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Ploërmel Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 11% of people in Ploërmel are 15 to 24, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, near Morbihan’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Ploërmel: 48.1, the median. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Morbihan 30%, France 30%).
48.1median age
PloërmelMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Ploërmel has 2.0 jobs for every resident in work
8.5% of the labour force were unemployed, near Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Ploërmel didn’t travel to work at all. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 12.2% of commuters at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,350
jobs based in Ploërmel, 2 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Ploërmel’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Ploërmel. Its four care homes for older people (305 places) count their residents as Ploërmel’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,215 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,357, 12% more. Life expectancy at birth in Morbihan is 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Ploërmel · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
0.6 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
Ancien hôtel des Ducs de Bretagne: Photo: Farz brujunet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite des Marmousets: Photo: Valérie-Emma Leroux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Antoine: Photo: Farz brujunet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix dite Croix aux Morts: Photo: Votre pseudonyme ici · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul Molac: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raoul de Navery: Unknown Unknown . Collection Georges Sirot. Upload stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain · Joseph-Golven Tuault de La Bouverie: Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe / After Charles Toussaint Labadye, Public domain · Maurène Trégouët: Kakoula10, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sébastien de Guémadeuc: Guillaume Vallet, Public domain
Ploërmel’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 Ploërmel
Is Ploërmel safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ploërmel good?
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #14 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ploërmel expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ploërmel grades C+ for cost of living.
About Ploërmel
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Ploërmel is a commune of 10,163 people in the Ploërmel 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
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.
