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Le Vieux-MarchéCôtes-d'Armor

It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over. 1,299 residents make their home in this town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Is Le Vieux-Marché a good place to live?

Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Vieux-Marché 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.

What makes Le Vieux-Marché stand out

The 3 things Le Vieux-Marché does most differently from other towns.

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How Le Vieux-Marché grades

Each subject compares Le Vieux-Marché 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.

How grading works

Le Vieux-Marché has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Dolmen dit de la Chapelle des Sept-Saints
Dolmen dit de la Chapelle des Sept-Saints · Classé · Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Vieux-Marché’s story

Le Vieux-Marché in pictures

Le Vieux-Marché has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 2 people born in Le Vieux-Marché before 1900, the earliest Jacques Michel Even, in 1834.

  • 1889First protected: Dolmen dit de la Chapelle des Sept-Saints
  • 2003Most recently protected: Maison de Kergoz
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Vieux-Marché.

Schools

Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Le Vieux-Marché than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 79.0%

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.3 mi off.

79.0%passed the brevetD−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Le Vieux-Marché79.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège François Marie LuzelNearest collègeCollègeCollège6879%−10 pts
79.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −10 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, Le Vieux-Marché sees more deaths than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 113 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

4 GPs practise in Le Vieux-Marché. The nearest emergency department to Le Vieux-Marché is Centre hospitalier de Lannion, 7.9 mi away. Also worth knowing: 134 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 13% above. In Côtes-d'Armor, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.

+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw113
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Vieux-Marché · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
11.3 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

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

HousingCost of living A−

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Vieux-Marché than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.53/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Half the homes sold went for more than €1,776/m², lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €7.01/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 59 homes in Le Vieux-Marché.

€1,776/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Le Vieux-Marché€1,776/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,776/m²59
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.27 to €12.49/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.01/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

Le Vieux-Marché has fewer young adults than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, between Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in Le Vieux-Marché split evenly at 48.5: half are older, half younger.

48.5median age
Le Vieux-MarchéCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Vieux-Marché
Le Vieux-MarchéCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–248.4%9.3%11%
25–4420%19%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+29%29%22%
No diploma14%17%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education30%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Incomes in Le Vieux-Marché run lower than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,710 a year per consumption unit

8.2% 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%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Le Vieux-Marché didn’t travel to work at all.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Le Vieux-Marché, 0.4 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Le Vieux-Marché: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Per 10,000 residents, Le Vieux-Marché counts 38 protected monuments, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (7.5) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen dit de la Chapelle des Sept-Saints. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit3
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected
28%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
38
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Nearby attractions

Manoir de Kerbridou and 2 more in and around Le Vieux-Marché

Heritage in and near Le Vieux-Marché. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Vieux-Marché

15pages on Le Vieux-Marché

Landmarks

Le Vieux-Marché has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Chapelle des Sept-Saints: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle et croix de la Trinité: Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison de Kergoz: Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Le Vieux-Marché

2 notable people were born in Le Vieux-Marché.

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Le Vieux-Marché’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côtes-d'Armor →
PloubezreBégardPlestin-les-GrèvesLannionTrébeurdenPlouigneauPloubezreBégardPlestin-les-GrèvesLannionTrébeurdenPlouigneauLe Vieux-Marché
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Vieux-Marché1,299——A−—D
Ploubezre3,7806.4B+A−A+D
Bégard4,8897B+B+BD
Plestin-les-Grèves3,6398.9BBA−C+
Lannion20,3159B−CC+C
Trébeurden3,82112B−CAC
Plouigneau Finistère5,01413AA−AC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Le Vieux-Marché

Is Le Vieux-Marché safe?

Le Vieux-Marché 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 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Le Vieux-Marché good?

They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Le Vieux-Marché expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Vieux-Marché grades A− for cost of living.

About Le Vieux-Marché

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Le Vieux-Marché is a commune of 1,299 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

Population
1,299 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.3 km²)
INSEE code
22387

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.