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A town of 2,771 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Pabu grades B+ overall: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #19 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,711/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pabu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pabu 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pabu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne prison, in Guingamp, 0.7 mi away.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pabu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 700 deaths in Pabu between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 552: 27% above. This Côtes-d'Armor town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
8.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. The age that splits Pabu in two is 54.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Pabu | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 94% passed the bac pro, of 150 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Pabu is 96.3%, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 162 | 93%+1 pt |
| Lycée Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 192 | 94%−4 pts |
| Collège Jacques PrévertBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 95%+3 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 median price, €1,711/m², comes from 102 sales of houses and apartments in Pabu from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,728/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Pabu. Its tally for 2025: 50 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.6 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Pabu (1,200 to 1,000): it draws people in from around.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (17.3% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Pabu to work at the census. The median disposable income was €26,390 a year per consumption unit, in line with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pabu. Best known first.
Nothing in Pabu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
9 notable people were born in Pabu.
Robin Le Normand: Giovanni Batista Rodriguez from San Sebastian-Donostia, España, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Polig Monjarret: Daieuxetdailleurs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charlotte Lorgeré: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nathalie Henry: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pabu | 2,771 | — | B+ | B | B | D− |
| Guingamp | 7,111 | 0.8 | C+ | B− | D− | B− |
| Grâces | 2,601 | 1.8 | B+ | B | B+ | C− |
| Ploumagoar | 5,414 | 2.3 | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 7.8 | A | B | A | B− |
| Bégard | 4,889 | 8 | B+ | B+ | B | D |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 9.9 | — | B+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #20 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. 94% of 192 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,711/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pabu grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Pabu is a commune of 2,771 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.