Fewer journeys need a car (A): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,500/m² takes 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.7 jobs per working resident; 19.0% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pontrieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pontrieux 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 Pontrieux.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Pontrieux run above what its ages would predict: 108 per 100 expected, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Côtes-d'Armor, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 293 deaths in Pontrieux between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 197: 49% above. The nearest emergency department to Pontrieux is Centre hospitalier Paimpol, 7.6 mi away. 2 GPs practise here.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw149
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Pontrieux · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paimpol
15 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
Pontrieux skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.1% of the town. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults.
56.2median age
PontrieuxCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Pontrieux, 19.0%, runs above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €20,750 a year per consumption unit, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 2.8% of working residents in Pontrieux to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot9%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Pontrieux, 1.7 per working resident
19.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Homes in Pontrieux cost less than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,500/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.91/m² a month, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 49 homes were sold in Pontrieux. Among the homes sold, 80% were houses.
€1,500/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pontrieux€1,500/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,419/m²
39
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.42 to €14.14/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Pontrieux than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 60 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 4 of 6. Since 1996, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up nearly a third of the total, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
6historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit6
15th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
1996
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Deux maisons: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 16e siècle: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à balcon, près du Trieux: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines: Photo: Colsu · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pontrieux
Is Pontrieux safe?
Pontrieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 500 jobs for 300 working residents, Pontrieux draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Pontrieux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pontrieux grades B for cost of living.
About Pontrieux
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Pontrieux is a commune of 1,002 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
1,002 (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.
