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A town of 1,077 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Lanfains has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 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.
The 2 things Lanfains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lanfains 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lanfains as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de la Roche Longue, in Quintin, 2.4 mi away.
20% 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 Lanfains.
Unemployment stands at 6.7%. 5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Lanfains holds 500 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each.
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.
Women in Côtes-d'Armor live to 84.8 on average and men to 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 84 deaths in Lanfains between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 78: 7% above. The nearest emergency department to Lanfains is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 11.3 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,640/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Lanfains from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,640/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are just over a fifth of the town. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lanfains | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 98 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Nicolas - Jean XXIII PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 92%±0 pts |
| Lycée Jean XXIII PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 98 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MonnetBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 28 | 89%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.6. More of the graded crimes in Lanfains were armed robbery than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage and museums in and near Lanfains. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Quintin4.3 km north, in QuintinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Robien3.2 km northwest, in Le FœilChâteauChâteauForteresse inachevée4.3 km north, in QuintinMuseumMuseumLa Fabrique Atelier du Lin4.5 km north, in QuintinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Lanfains 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 Lanfains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanfains | 1,077 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Quintin | 2,739 | 2.7 | A | B | B | A− |
| Plaintel | 4,602 | 5.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 4,103 | 6 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Plédran | 6,933 | 9.2 | A− | B+ | A | B− |
| Ploufragan | 11,507 | 10 | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Trégueux | 8,450 | 11 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lanfains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 75% 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 €1,640/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lanfains grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Lanfains is a commune of 1,077 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 October 30, 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.