Belle-Isle-en-Terre’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Health lags (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Belle-Isle-en-Terre 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.
Each subject compares Belle-Isle-en-Terre 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 Belle-Isle-en-Terre.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Belle-Isle-en-Terre cost less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,215/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.73/m² a month, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.01/m² a month. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,215/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Belle-Isle-en-Terre€1,215/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,232/m²
62
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.50 to €12.63/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Belle-Isle-en-Terre, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents.
52.9median age
Belle-Isle-en-TerreCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Belle-Isle-en-Terre run higher than in 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Belle-Isle-en-Terre’s; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. 228 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 173: 31% above. The nearest emergency department to Belle-Isle-en-Terre is Centre hospitalier de Guingamp, 11.3 mi away. In Côtes-d'Armor, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Belle-Isle-en-Terre · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guingamp
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Belle-Isle-en-Terre run lower than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,130 a year per consumption unit
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
350
jobs based in Belle-Isle-en-Terre, 0.9 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belle-Isle-en-Terre
Is Belle-Isle-en-Terre safe?
Belle-Isle-en-Terre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Belle-Isle-en-Terre good?
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Belle-Isle-en-Terre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Belle-Isle-en-Terre grades A for cost of living.
About Belle-Isle-en-Terre
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Belle-Isle-en-Terre is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. 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
1,024 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
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.
