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Population 2,285: a town in Morbihan, Brittany.
School results are strong (B+): brevet results 1.5 points below the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety, B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Plouharnel 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.
The 3 things Plouharnel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plouharnel 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.
Plouharnel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Plouharnel counts 14 historic monuments: 12 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Plouharnel. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Préhistoire de Carnac3.5 km southeast, in CarnacAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Sainte-Anne de Kergonanin townAttractionAttractionFerme de Rogerin townAttractionAttractionKerlejeanin townAttractionAttractionLavoirin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouharnel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.65/m² a month, above Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Plouharnel recorded 88 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €12.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,279/m² | 82 |
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.
Average lifespans in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Plouharnel’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 224 residents of Plouharnel died, against 232 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Plouharnel is Chba site D Auray, 7.9 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published 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.
At the collèges within 5 km of Plouharnel, 93.9% passed the brevet, near Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les KorrigansNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 92%−3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Michel PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 62 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The median resident of Plouharnel is 49.4 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Plouharnel | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Plouharnel is Alignements du Vieux-Moulin. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plouharnel counts 14 historic monuments: 12 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, above 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
Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Plouharnel: 550, for 900 residents in work (0.6 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
45 offenses were reported in Plouharnel during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 18.4 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime locally was theft from vehicles (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 23.3% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plouharnel counts 14 historic monuments: 12 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Alignements du Vieux-Moulin: Photo: Zacharie Le Rouzic · Public domain · Cromlech de Crucuno: Photo: calaeco · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dolmen de Crucuno: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de Kergarat, ou Kervagat: Photo: Zacharie Le Rouzic · Public domain
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Plouharnel as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouharnel | 2,285 | — | — | D | C+ | C |
| Carnac | 4,194 | 2.1 | C | D | D− | B |
| Erdeven | 4,008 | 3.3 | D− | C− | C | D |
| Ploemel | 3,175 | 4.2 | C− | C− | B | C− |
| Belz | 3,893 | 5.6 | D | C− | B | D |
| Crach | 3,423 | 5.8 | — | D | — | C− |
| Locoal-Mendon | 3,530 | 7 | — | C− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouharnel grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Plouharnel is a commune of 2,285 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
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.