Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,866/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Quessoy has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Quessoy 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 Quessoy.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Quessoy than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 15 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Quessoy: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen du Champ-Grosset. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Houses and mansions, 4 of the 6, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Quessoy are out of work than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%
4.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Quessoy didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
1,100
jobs based in Quessoy, 0.6 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 18% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Quessoy run higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
313 deaths in Quessoy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 319: 2% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Quessoy come to 98 per 100 predicted. Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Quessoy · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Quessoy than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.36/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,866/m²: 119 houses and apartments sold in Quessoy between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.15/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€1,866/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Quessoy€1,866/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,880/m²
117
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.59 to €12.49/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 19% of Quessoy, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. The median resident of Quessoy is 42.3 years old.
42.3median age
QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Quessoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Recorded offenses in Quessoy came to 29 in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.6 violent offenses and 6.1 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.8%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 32.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Houssaye and 7 more in and around Quessoy
Château de la Houssaye: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de La Rocherousse: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Bogar: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Quessoy
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Quessoy yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Quessoy
Is Quessoy safe?
Quessoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Quessoy expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,866/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Quessoy grades B+ for cost of living.
About Quessoy
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Quessoy is a commune of 3,969 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
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.
