Is Ploërmel safe? France travel risk
Is Ploërmel safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ploërmel scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates France Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ploërmel scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and France (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ploërmel: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Bretagne at 47.9325° N, 2.3961° W (elevation 78 m), Ploërmel lies 365.3 km ENE of Paris. Time zone: Europe/Paris.
Bretagne
47.9325° N, 2.3961° W
78 m
Europe/Paris
10,021
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ploërmel happened in March (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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