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The town, home to 1,479 people, lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Hénanbihen’s strongest is cost of living (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income. 14% of its homes are second homes.
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). Hénanbihen 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 Hénanbihen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hénanbihen 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.
Hénanbihen 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 Hénanbihen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Calvaire dit Croix Dom Jan, in Landébia, 3.4 mi away.
21% 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 Hénanbihen.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,041/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Hénanbihen from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,041/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs located in Hénanbihen: 350, for 600 residents in work (0.6 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,220 a year per consumption unit, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Hénanbihen | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
At birth, a girl in Côtes-d'Armor can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 140 residents of Hénanbihen died, against 156 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 90 per 100 expected, in line with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88).
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Hénanbihen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Hénanbihen.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hénanbihen | 1,479 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Val-d'Arguenon | 2,844 | 5.4 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Erquy | 3,974 | 5.9 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo | 3,371 | 7 | C− | C− | B− | B− |
| Plancoët | 3,104 | 7.5 | B | B− | A | C |
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 3,988 | 7.7 | A− | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 8.5 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hénanbihen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,041/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hénanbihen grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Hénanbihen is a commune of 1,479 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 November 4, 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.