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LézardrieuxCôtes-d'Armor

1,623 people live in this town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. Over-65s are 40% of the population.

Is Lézardrieux a good place to live?

Lézardrieux is easy to get around without a car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,450/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.

Figures: 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Lézardrieux 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.

WeakestC−Health

What makes Lézardrieux stand out

The 2 things Lézardrieux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Lézardrieux grades

Each subject compares Lézardrieux 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

Lézardrieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthBehind most towns comparedC−Open →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carB+Open →Cost of livingHomes are easier to afford than in most townsBOpen →Jobs & income9.6% unemploymentC+Open →SchoolsBac results at the expected rateBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Inscrit · Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lézardrieux’s story

Lézardrieux in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lézardrieux; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Paul Le Troadec, born in 1860, is the one person born in Lézardrieux before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1948First protected: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lézardrieux.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Lézardrieux: 40% are 65 or over, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

The share of residents under 15 is 11%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.1% of residents, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Lézardrieux is older than 58.8, half younger.

58.8median age
LézardrieuxCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Lézardrieux
LézardrieuxCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–247.1%9.3%11%
25–4414%19%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+40%29%22%
No diploma15%17%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education31%31%30%

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

HealthHealth C−

Lézardrieux’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns

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

France’s death rates at each age would predict 298 deaths in Lézardrieux from 2016 to 2025; there were 346, 16% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Lézardrieux records 98 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). 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.

−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw116
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Lézardrieux · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
16.5 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Lézardrieux has 0.7 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

15.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,380 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970).

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
Bicycle7%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Lézardrieux, 0.7 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns

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

HousingCost of living B

Renting in Lézardrieux costs less than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.58/m² a month

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

71 sales of houses and apartments in Lézardrieux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,450/m². Of the homes sold, 92% were houses.

€2,450/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Lézardrieux€2,450/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,450/m²65
€9.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €12.35/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/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

History

Old homes shape Lézardrieux: 19% 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.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lézardrieux; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

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

Schools

87.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points below the expected rate

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

The bac pass rate near Lézardrieux is 95.9%, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lézardrieux87.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Lézardrieux95.9%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Marie-José Chombart de LauweNearest collègeCollègeCollège9081%−7 pts
Lycée polyvalent KerraoulNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée10297%±0 pts
Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège6298%+6 pts
97%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
91%
passed the vocational bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
87.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.7 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Nearby attractions

Manoir du Grand-Pontébar and 4 more in and around Lézardrieux

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lézardrieux. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lézardrieux

15pages on Lézardrieux

Landmarks

Lézardrieux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lézardrieux

One notable person was born in Lézardrieux.

Their page →

Lézardrieux’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 →
PaimpolPloubazlanecPlouézecLa Roche-JaudyPenvénanPlouhaPaimpolPloubazlanecPlouézecLa Roche-JaudyPenvénanPlouhaLézardrieux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lézardrieux1,623——B—C−
Paimpol7,3413CDC−B−
Ploubazlanec2,9323.4—C—D
Plouézec3,1476.6—C—C−
La Roche-Jaudy2,6297—A—C+
Penvénan2,5848.9—C—C
Plouha4,63411C+C+AC

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

Questions about Lézardrieux

Is Lézardrieux safe?

Lézardrieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Lézardrieux good?

They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. 97% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Kerraoul in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Lézardrieux 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 €2,450/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lézardrieux grades B for cost of living.

About Lézardrieux

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Lézardrieux is a commune of 1,623 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
1,623 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.1 km²)
INSEE code
22127

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.