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A town of 671 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Is Paule a good place to live?

Paule is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 17% of its housing. Homes change hands at a median €1,206/m².

What makes Paule stand out

The 2 things Paule does most differently from other towns.

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Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat
Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paule’s story

Paule in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Paule counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1920.

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

Olivier Jégou de Kervilio, born in 1643, is the one person born in Paule before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1920First protected: Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat
  • 2020Most recently protected: Manoir de Keranguevel
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paule.

History

Old homes shape Paule: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Paule is Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat. On the Culture ministry’s list, Paule counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2
Level not given1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1920
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in Paule hold a degree than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 23%

24% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% of the town. The share of residents under 15 is 14%.

48.5median age
PauleCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Paule
PauleCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.3%9.3%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+24%29%22%
No diploma17%17%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education23%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.1% of commuters in Paule go to work without a car, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €23,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). Paule has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker. No commute at all: just over a tenth of working residents locally at the census.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Paule, 0.4 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Paule costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.44/m² a month

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

The market in Paule: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,206/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Paule€1,206/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,206/m²30
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.98 to €13.67/m² a month)
€7.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Paule

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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Paule counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Tunnel de Kervoaguel: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de Lansalaün de Notre-Dame de Folgoat: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Paule

3 notable people were born in Paule.

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Paule’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 →
Carhaix-PlouguerRostrenenGourinLe FaouëtChâteauneuf-du-FaouCarhaix-PlouguerRostrenenGourinLe FaouëtChâteauneuf-du-FaouPaule
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Paule671—————
Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère7,4125.6CB+DC
Rostrenen3,2826.7AAC+B
Gourin Morbihan3,9609.3B+BBC−
Le Faouët Morbihan2,81414B+C+BC+
Châteauneuf-du-Faou Finistère3,65117B+A−B−C

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

About Paule

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Paule is a commune of 671 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

Population
671 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB)
Département
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région
Brittany
Area
14.7 sq mi (38 km²)
INSEE code
22163

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.