A good place to live, if you can afford it. Its strongest is schools — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. With an A− overall, Perros-Guirec is better than 84% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #11 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Perros-Guirec 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Perros-Guirec.
Who lives here
Perros-Guirec skews older, with 45% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Under-15s account for 9.5% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 5.9% of residents, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by two in five adults.
62.4median age
Perros-GuirecCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Perros-Guirec than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 16 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6.8% of the total, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). On the Culture ministry’s list, Perros-Guirec counts 12 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen à galerie, dans la partie Sud-Ouest de l'île de Bono. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Perros-Guirec sees less crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
Over 2025, Perros-Guirec logged 90 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.7 violent offenses and 9.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Perros-Guirec (2025).
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage53
Family violence16
Burglary11
Other physical violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud53
Theft without violence49
Drug use10
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
90
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When 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 (5.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Perros-Guirec sells for €3,550/m², more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,296/m² in Perros-Guirec, apartments for €3,970/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €12.66/m² a month, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 480 homes here.
€3,550/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Perros-Guirec€3,550/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,296/m²
282
Apartments
€3,970/m²
198
€12.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.53 to €16.81/m² a month)
9.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Perros-Guirec run higher than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,400 a year per consumption unit
16.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 11.9%, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Perros-Guirec holds 2,300 jobs; 2,250 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot8%
Bicycle5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,300
jobs based in Perros-Guirec, 1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Perros-Guirec’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,425 deaths in Perros-Guirec between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,475: 3% below. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 93 per 100 expected, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (91) and above compared French towns (88). 8 GPs practise here. Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Perros-Guirec · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lannion
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Saint-Jacques: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oratoire de Saint-Guirec, à Ploumanac'h: Photo: Andreas Tille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calvaire, à Ploumanac'h, dans l'enclos de la chapelle Saint-Guirec: Photo: Creasy · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Perros-Guirec
Is Perros-Guirec safe?
It grades A for safety, #8 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Perros-Guirec good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #3 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Perros-Guirec expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Perros-Guirec grades C− for cost of living.
About Perros-Guirec
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Perros-Guirec is a commune of 7,336 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lannion-Trégor Communauté. 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
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.
