Overall, Plouhinec earns a C, better than 29% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #48 of 54 in Morbihan. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it does best is safety (B) — an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 15.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Plouhinec 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 Plouhinec.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Plouhinec than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 9.3 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plouhinec is Alignements du Gueldro. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Tombs and funerary monuments, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Plouhinec sells for €3,333/m², more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.51/m² a month, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €11.64/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 183 homes were sold in Plouhinec.
€3,333/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouhinec€3,333/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,333/m²
166
€13.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.70 to €17.07/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Blavet Bellevue Océan Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Plouhinec: 33% are 65 or over, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.4%, below Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The under-15s are 12% of the population here. Half the people of Plouhinec are older than 54.8.
54.8median age
PlouhinecMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Plouhinec than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%
Jobs located in Plouhinec: 1,000, for 2,000 residents in work (0.5 each). Public transport took 3.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €27,360 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Plouhinec, 0.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,360
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 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Plouhinec is above 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 547 residents of Plouhinec died, against 576 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Plouhinec is Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff, 7 mi away. 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. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Plouhinec · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
7 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
Plouhinec ranks below 58% of compared French towns for crime per resident
In 2025, 95 offenses were recorded in Plouhinec. The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 95 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
4.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary35
Theft from vehicles23
Criminal damage23
Family violence14
Armed robbery0
Fraud28
Theft without violence21
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.
4.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
95
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.0%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 7.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Domaine archéologique de Mané-Véchen and 5 more in and around Plouhinec
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Plouhinec. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouhinec
Is Plouhinec safe?
It grades B for safety, #36 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Is Plouhinec expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plouhinec grades C− for cost of living.
About Plouhinec
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Plouhinec is a commune of 5,400 people in the Blavet Bellevue Océan 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.
