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The town has 885 residents and lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
La Prénessaye isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 13% of homes here are second homes. The median home sells for €1,369/m².
The 2 things La Prénessaye does most differently from other towns.
La Prénessaye has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Prénessaye.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
La Prénessaye has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of La Prénessaye by age and the one in the middle is 45.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Prénessaye | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,930 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 11.5%, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, La Prénessaye counts 0.5 jobs (200 jobs, 350 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 38 homes in La Prénessaye.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,369/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
La Prénessaye has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Toute Aide: Photo: Rundvald · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Prénessaye yet.
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 Prénessaye | 885 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plémet | 3,764 | 2.1 | A | A | A | C+ |
| Loudéac | 9,987 | 5.4 | B+ | B | C | B |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 8.6 | A | A | A | B |
| Merdrignac | 3,139 | 11 | A− | A− | B− | B+ |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 4,103 | 13 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Noyal-Pontivy Morbihan | 3,606 | 14 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
La Prénessaye is a commune of 885 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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.