Callac 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 3% 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 3.2 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 Callac 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 Callac.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Callac costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,107/m², below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Callac: 135 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,107/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Callac€1,107/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,107/m²
135
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.87 to €10.52/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.95/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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Callac skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of residents, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 12% of the people here. Graduates make up 18% of adults.
59.1median age
CallacCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%
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−
Callac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 84% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (122 places) counts its residents as Callac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 635 residents of Callac died, against 493 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Callac is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 11.6 mi away. 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.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Callac · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Callac, 14.5%, runs above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Callac: 900, for 600 residents in work (1.5 each). The median disposable income was €21,730 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.9% of working residents in Callac didn’t travel to work at all.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
900
jobs based in Callac, 1.5 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Callac ranks above 62% of compared French towns for crime per resident
2025 saw 51 offenses recorded in Callac. Violence against people averaged 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.1. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Other physical violence15
Burglary9
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence8
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
51
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.9%
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 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, 9.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Callac has 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Callac
Is Callac safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Is Callac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Callac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Callac
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Callac is a commune of 2,312 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
2,312 (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.
