Dinan grades D overall: better than 12% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 16.3 recorded violent incidents and 24.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,838/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Dinan 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 Dinan.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1988, and 75 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
16% of homes were built before 1919. Since 1988, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Scaled to its population, that is 51 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Dinan. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Sauveur.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Dinan than in 96% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Dinan was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 640 in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Dinan ranks 44th of the 45 compared towns in Côtes-d'Armor. Jobs outnumber working residents in Dinan (9,650 to 5,300): it draws people in from around.
16.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage237
Family violence103
Other physical violence73
Sexual violence69
Theft from vehicles56
Vehicle theft52
Burglary50
Theft without violence158
Drug use134
Fraud83
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.
16.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
640
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
More commuters in Dinan walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 24.5%
14.1% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Dinan didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.1% of working residents in Dinan to work at the census.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot15%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
9,650
jobs based in Dinan, 1.8 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Dinan than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €14.76/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,838/m²: 778 houses and apartments sold in Dinan between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Dinan sell for €2,713/m², houses for €2,948/m². The sales split: 44% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,838/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Dinan€2,838/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,948/m²
344
Apartments
€2,713/m²
434
€14.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.71 to €18.62/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Dinan has a higher adjusted death rate than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. After the care-home adjustment, Dinan’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,791 residents of Dinan died, against 2,274 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Dinan · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven
12.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Dinan than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
32% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 36% of adults. At 52.9, the median resident of Dinan sits in the middle of the age range.
52.9median age
DinanCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
Église Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Eusebius · CC BY 3.0 · Ruines de l'ancien prieuré royal de Saint-Magloire: Photo: Rundvald · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison dite de la Mère Pourcel: Photo: Édouard Hue ( User:EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite du Gisant: Photo: DamTESC · CC BY-SA 3.0
Charles Pinot Duclos: Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain · Yves Guyot: Nadar, Public domain · Bertrand Marchand: sro_flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cédric Hervé: derivative work: Pirker. Cropped from better resolution version by user:Tekstman . Tour_de_France_2007_stage_2_escape.jpg : Liviooo from Deinze, Belgium, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edwige Pitel: Diablotin85, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marie Angélique Duchemin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Dinan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dinan
Is Dinan safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 50 burglaries and 237 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Dinan good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #30 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. 98% of 201 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Les Cordeliers - Notre-Dame de la Victoire in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Dinan expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,838/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dinan grades D for cost of living.
About Dinan
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Dinan is a commune of 14,764 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
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.
