Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 617 residents and lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Penguily has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
The one thing Penguily does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Penguily as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs, in Plénée-Jugon, 2.4 mi away.
28% 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 Penguily.
14% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Penguily | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Penguily: 100, for 300 residents in work (0.2 each). 2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,440 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.92/m² a month. Penguily recorded 16 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Penguily is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Penguily yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguily | 617 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 4.1 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 6.2 | A | A | A | B |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 7.4 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
| Jugon-les-Lacs | 2,541 | 7.9 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 8.6 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Yffiniac | 5,074 | 11 | A | B− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Penguily is a commune of 617 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. 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) · 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.