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The town has 1,320 residents and lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. It also trails on walkability (D). A 70 m² home at the median €1,971/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Méaugon 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 La Méaugon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Méaugon 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.
La Méaugon 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 La Méaugon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Allée couverte du bourg et menhir indicateur, in Ploufragan, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Méaugon.
At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 11.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 131 deaths in La Méaugon from 2016 to 2025; there were 166, 27% more. The nearest emergency department to La Méaugon is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 4.4 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Méaugon, 85.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Grande MétairieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 90%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean Moulin avec section d'enseignement agricoleNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 143 | 85%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,971/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in La Méaugon between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,971/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and close to compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. The age that splits La Méaugon in two is 45.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Méaugon | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Méaugon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Méaugon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Méaugon | 1,320 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Ploufragan | 11,507 | 2.3 | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Saint-Brieuc | 44,364 | 4 | C | B | D | C |
| Plérin | 14,425 | 4.8 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Trégueux | 8,450 | 4.8 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Pordic | 7,454 | 5 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 5.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Méaugon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,971/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Méaugon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
La Méaugon is a commune of 1,320 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor 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 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.