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With 1,684 residents, it is a town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C−) — 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B for jobs & income. The median home sells for €1,634/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bréhand 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.
The one thing Bréhand does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bréhand 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.
Bréhand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bréhand as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site mégalithique de la Lande du Gras, in Lamballe-Armor, 2.8 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bréhand.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
53 houses and apartments changed hands in Bréhand from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.98/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,634/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 300 jobs are based in Bréhand, for 800 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Bréhand didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and near compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bréhand | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Côtes-d'Armor, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 134 deaths in Bréhand between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 147: 9% below. The nearest emergency department to Bréhand is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 10.2 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage and family days out in and near Bréhand. Best known first.
Nothing in Bréhand is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Bréhand.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bréhand | 1,684 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 6.1 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
| Yffiniac | 5,074 | 7.1 | A | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 8 | A | A | A | B |
| Hillion | 4,335 | 8 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 8.2 | — | A | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bréhand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bréhand grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Bréhand is a commune of 1,684 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. 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.