There are no grades for Maël-Pestivien: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 36% of homes here are second homes. Homes sell for a median €989/m². It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Maël-Pestivien stand out
The 3 things Maël-Pestivien does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maël-Pestivien.
Who lives here
Few people in Maël-Pestivien are 15 to 24: 6%, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 34% of the town. Ages in Maël-Pestivien split evenly at 58.1: half are older, half younger.
58.1median age
Maël-PestivienCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 113 men for every 100 women. 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
History
Maël-Pestivien keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 38% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Maël-Pestivien is Tombe mégalithique. On the Culture ministry’s list, Maël-Pestivien counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Maël-Pestivien run lower than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €19,640 a year per consumption unit
The unemployment rate comes to 15.7%. Jobs located in Maël-Pestivien: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.6 each). 18.6% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Maël-Pestivien, 0.6 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in Maël-Pestivien costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.82/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.97/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 31 homes were sold in Maël-Pestivien. That is the middle of 31 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,254/m² for the median of compared towns in Côtes-d'Armor.
€989/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maël-Pestivien€989/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€989/m²
31
€6.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.11 to €9.12/m² a month)
€6.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Maël-Pestivien
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Maël-Pestivien is a commune of 362 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
Population
362 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
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.
