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It is a town of 2,448 residents in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on schools as well (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Louargat 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.
The one thing Louargat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Louargat 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.
Louargat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Louargat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
François Le Calvez, born in 1799, is the one person born in Louargat before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louargat.
Louargat holds 600 jobs; 1,100 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. The median disposable income was €24,720 a year per consumption unit, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 267 residents of Louargat died, against 236 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Louargat is Centre hospitalier de Guingamp, 8.9 mi away. This Côtes-d'Armor town has 4 family doctors.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 8.8 mi away. Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Prat ElesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 42 | 86%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,474/m², below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €8.45/m² a month. Louargat recorded 108 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,474/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Louargat is Tumulus dit An Dossen.
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%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Louargat | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Louargat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tumulus dit An Dossen: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
3 notable people were born in Louargat.
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Louargat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Louargat grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Louargat is a commune of 2,448 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. 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.