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This town in Morbihan, Brittany has a population of 2,885.
At the median price of €2,031/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Plumelin 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 one thing Plumelin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plumelin 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.
Plumelin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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Plumelin has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1934.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plumelin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Plumelin has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Plumelin is Chcb site Kerio, 14.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 559 residents of Plumelin died, against 431 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 6.2% of the labour force are out of work. Households’ median disposable income: €25,650 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. 2 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.4% 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
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of residents, below Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ages in Plumelin split evenly at 43.3: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Plumelin | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,031/m², comes from 75 sales of houses and apartments in Plumelin from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.37/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,031/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Plumelin, 79.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. A collège lies 1.2 mi away. For exam results, it comes #55 of 62 in Morbihan.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Pierre Calloch PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 97%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Louis ArmandNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 34 | 79%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.4 violent offenses and 9.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Recorded offenses in Plumelin came to 27 in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 38.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Plumelin has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Croix de Kercloarec: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine de Saint-Jean-du-Poteau: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Plumelin.
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Plumelin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #55 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,031/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plumelin grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Plumelin is a commune of 2,885 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan 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
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.
