School results are strong (A−): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,254/m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, better than 50% of compared French towns. It ranks #30 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Lannion 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 Lannion.
History
31 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2023
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lannion is Église de la Trinité de Brélévenez. Per 10,000 residents, Lannion counts 15 protected monuments, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (7.5) and compared French towns (2.5). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2023. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
94.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Lannion, 97.2% passed the bac, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #14 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor on results.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Lannion, 13.4%, runs above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Lannion has 15,700 jobs for 7,550 working residents, 2.1 per worker. 14.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €25,750 a year per consumption unit.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot7%
Bicycle5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
15,700
jobs based in Lannion, 2.1 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Lannion is above 71% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (371 places) count their residents as Lannion’s; allowing for them, deaths were 4% below expected. 2,371 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,093: 13% above. Also worth knowing: 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. The town has 21 family doctors.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
21
GPs in Lannion · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
2.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Lannion costs more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.36/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
783 sales of houses and apartments in Lannion, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,254/m². Houses in Lannion sell for €2,277/m² and apartments for €2,200/m². Of the homes sold, 69% were houses.
€2,254/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lannion€2,254/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,277/m²
544
Apartments
€2,200/m²
239
€13.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.20 to €17.50/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Lannion: 15% are 15 to 24, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, between Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 40% of adults. Half of Lannion is older than 46.2, half younger.
46.2median age
LannionCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Lannion has more crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lannion (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 471 in 2025.
8.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage208
Other physical violence89
Family violence60
Burglary37
Sexual violence31
Theft from vehicles29
Vehicle theft17
Theft without violence126
Fraud93
Drug use44
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.
8.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
471
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.
Église de la Trinité de Brélévenez: Photo: Philippe Alès · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Yvi de Loguivy: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de Langonaval: Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 16e siècle, dite Maison du Chapelier: Photo: DocteurCosmos · CC BY-SA 3.0
Christophe Le Mével: Sanguinez, CC BY 2.5 · Charles Le Goffic: Georges Devred, Public domain · Johan Le Bon: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Cyril Robin: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franck Bonnamour: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auguste François Marie Glaziou: not stated, Public domain
Lannion’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 Lannion
Is Lannion safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #36 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 208 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lannion good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #14 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. 99% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph - Bossuet in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lannion expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,254/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lannion grades C for cost of living.
About Lannion
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Lannion is a commune of 20,315 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. 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.
