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TownGrade
B
#31 of 54 in Morbihan

Home to 4,632 people, this town lies in Morbihan, Brittany.

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Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Pluméliau-Bieuzy, Morbihan · Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0

Is Pluméliau-Bieuzy a good place to live?

One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Pluméliau-Bieuzy grades B overall and ranks #31 of 54 in Morbihan. It comes out better than 65% of compared French towns. Safety is its strong suit (A+): an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,624/m² takes 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Baud Communauté. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.

Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

StrongestA+SafetyWeakestC−Walkability

How Pluméliau-Bieuzy grades

Each subject compares Pluméliau-Bieuzy 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.

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What makes Pluméliau-Bieuzy stand out

The 2 things Pluméliau-Bieuzy does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen de Kermabon
Dolmen de Kermabon · Classé · Photo: LionelRauch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pluméliau-Bieuzy’s story

Pluméliau-Bieuzy in pictures

Pluméliau-Bieuzy has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level.

That’s 24 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1910First protected: Chapelle de Saint-Nicodème
  • 2020Most recently protected: Chapelle de la Trinité
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Landmarks

Pluméliau-Bieuzy has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Chapelle de Saint-Nicodème: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Rimaison: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Chapelle Saint-Nicolas-des-Eaux: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pluméliau-Bieuzy.

Safety

Pluméliau-Bieuzy records less crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns

4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade

Among the graded crimes in Pluméliau-Bieuzy, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Over 2025, Pluméliau-Bieuzy logged 42 recorded offenses. The town comes 3rd of the 54 compared towns in Morbihan on the Safety Grade.

Recorded by type · 2025

Family violence20
Criminal damage15
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence14

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.

4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.3%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 20.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

History

More protected monuments for its size in Pluméliau-Bieuzy than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 24 per 10,000 residents

11historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Homes built before 1919 account for 13% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Pluméliau-Bieuzy is Dolmen de Kermabon. The town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 6 of 11.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé4
Inscrit7

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected
13%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
24
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Pluméliau-Bieuzy has lower unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%

5%walk, cycle or take transit

5.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs located in Pluméliau-Bieuzy: 950, for 2,000 residents in work (0.5 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,200 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Morbihan’s towns (€26,665).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
950
jobs based in Pluméliau-Bieuzy, 0.5 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C+

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Pluméliau-Bieuzy run higher than in 60% of compared French towns

−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Pluméliau-Bieuzy is Chcb site Kerio, 9 mi away. Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Pluméliau-Bieuzy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. 564 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 541: 4% above. Women in Morbihan live to 85.4 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw104
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Pluméliau-Bieuzy · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chcb site Kerio
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chcb site Kerio
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

HousingCost of living C+

A home in Pluméliau-Bieuzy sells for €1,624/m², less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns

€1,624/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Advertised rents are estimated at €13.75/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 €8.74/m² a month. Pluméliau-Bieuzy recorded 164 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Pluméliau-Bieuzy€1,624/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,624/m²164
€13.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €18.11/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Baud Communauté

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Pluméliau-Bieuzy has fewer young adults than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24

47.3median age

Children under 15 make up 16%, above Morbihan’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 25% have a degree. The age that splits Pluméliau-Bieuzy in two is 47.3.

Pluméliau-BieuzyMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pluméliau-Bieuzy
Pluméliau-BieuzyMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–248.6%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+24%27%22%
No diploma20%15%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education25%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes

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About Pluméliau-Bieuzy

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Pluméliau-Bieuzy is a commune of 4,632 people in the Communauté de communes Baud 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

Population
4,632 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Baud Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
33.7 sq mi (87.3 km²)
INSEE code
56173

Pluméliau-Bieuzy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ÉvellysBaudPontivyNoyal-PontivyPlumelinMoréacÉvellysBaudPontivyNoyal-PontivyPlumelinMoréacPluméliau-Bieuzy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pluméliau-Bieuzy4,632—BC+A+C+
Évellys3,3796—B+—D
Baud6,3676.4A−C+A−C−
Pontivy14,6406.9B−B−C−C
Noyal-Pontivy3,6068.4—C+—C+
Plumelin2,8858.6—B—D−
Moréac3,7049—B+—D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Pluméliau-Bieuzy

Is Pluméliau-Bieuzy safe?

It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.

Is Pluméliau-Bieuzy expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pluméliau-Bieuzy grades C+ for cost of living.

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 November 4, 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.