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A town of 1,497 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. It also trails on walkability: 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% 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) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Maël-Carhaix 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 3 things Maël-Carhaix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maël-Carhaix 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.
Maël-Carhaix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Maël-Carhaix has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maël-Carhaix.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,061/m², below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Maël-Carhaix: 114 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.08/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,061/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
34% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 22% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Maël-Carhaix | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Maël-Carhaix is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 7.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 265 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 281, 6% more. 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. Also worth knowing: 8 GPs practise in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
At the census, 5.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 9.5% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. 10% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Maël-Carhaix has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Maël-Carhaix.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maël-Carhaix | 1,497 | — | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Rostrenen | 3,282 | 6 | A | A | C+ | B |
| Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 7,412 | 6.9 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Gourin Morbihan | 3,960 | 13 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Le Faouët Morbihan | 2,814 | 18 | B+ | C+ | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maël-Carhaix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maël-Carhaix grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Maël-Carhaix is a commune of 1,497 people in the Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). 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 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.