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2,664 people live in this town in Morbihan, Brittany.
The local economy does well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. At the median price of €3,523/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plougoumelen has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Plougoumelen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plougoumelen 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.
Plougoumelen has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plougoumelen counts 3 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1900.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plougoumelen.
2.9% 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%). Median disposable income comes to €29,840 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment runs at 7.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,523/m²: 71 houses and apartments sold in Plougoumelen between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 93% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €11.45/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,567/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Plougoumelen: 94 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 168 residents of Plougoumelen died, against 178 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Also worth knowing: 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. For a family doctor, residents of Plougoumelen can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #60 of 62 in Morbihan. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.3 mi away. The closest collège is 2.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de KerfontaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 88%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plougoumelen is Six sépultures circulaires sous tertre tumulaire. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 5.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, near Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. Under 15: 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Plougoumelen | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14. The 2025 count: 54 offenses in Plougoumelen. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Plougoumelen. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plougoumelen counts 3 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Tumulus-dolmen du Rocher: Photo: Gerhard Haubold · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien cimetière: Photo: br:User:Kadbzh · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Plougoumelen.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plougoumelen | 2,664 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Le Bono | 2,608 | 1.9 | — | C− | — | C− |
| Pluneret | 6,262 | 2.4 | B− | C− | B | C |
| Baden | 5,086 | 2.9 | B− | C− | B | A− |
| Ploeren | 6,790 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | B | A− |
| Sainte-Anne-d'Auray | 2,889 | 3.5 | A− | C | B+ | B |
| Auray | 14,207 | 3.8 | C+ | D | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Plougoumelen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #60 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,523/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.29/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plougoumelen grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Plougoumelen is a commune of 2,664 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes 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
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.
