Bourbriac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bourbriac 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Bourbriac run higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Bourbriac: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. 399 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 311: 28% above. The nearest emergency department to Bourbriac is Centre hospitalier de Guingamp, 6.8 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bourbriac · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guingamp
19 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive des Cotes D Armor
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Bourbriac than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,450 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.4%, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bourbriac has 550 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Bourbriac, 0.6 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Bourbriac than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%. 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51.1median age
BourbriacCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Bourbriac is rich in protected monuments: 37 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 5 of the 8, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Bourbriac is Dolmen de Kérivole (ou Kerivoa). The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments locally: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Bourbriac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Bourbriac. Its tally for 2025: 25 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.3 (2023–2025 average).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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
8.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.3%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 41.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourbriac
Is Bourbriac safe?
Bourbriac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Bourbriac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,276/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourbriac grades A for cost of living.
About Bourbriac
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Bourbriac is a commune of 2,145 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
2,145 (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.
