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A town of 2,943 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Broons grades A− overall: better than 78% of compared French towns, and #15 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% 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 4.7 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Broons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Broons 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Broons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Nativité, in Yvignac-la-Tour, 4.1 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 Broons.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Broons is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 13 mi away. 742 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 473: 57% above. Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,731/m², lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Broons: 98 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,633/m² | 93 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
30% of residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Broons has a median age of 48.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Broons | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.3 cases of violence against people and 10.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 53 offenses were reported in Broons during 2025. The town has 1,600 jobs for 1,100 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 sexual violence, 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, 15.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #26 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. General-bac pupils go 12.5 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame d'Espérance PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 42 | 86%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €24,970 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370). The census found 11.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Broons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Broons.
Bertrand du Guesclin: D. F. (David Flavel) Jameson, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broons | 2,943 | — | A− | A− | B+ | D− |
| Caulnes | 2,501 | 4.7 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Jugon-les-Lacs | 2,541 | 7 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 7.8 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,653 | 9.3 | B+ | B+ | B− | B− |
| Trélivan | 2,865 | 11 | B− | C− | A | C |
| Merdrignac | 3,139 | 11 | A− | A− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #22 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #26 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Broons grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Broons is a commune of 2,943 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. 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.