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1,223 residents make their home in this town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Saint-Barnabé’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Barnabé 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.
The one thing Saint-Barnabé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Barnabé 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.
Saint-Barnabé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Barnabé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Encontre à Saint-Samson, in Rohan, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Barnabé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.97/m² a month, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.22/m² a month. Saint-Barnabé recorded 36 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,270/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €24,550 a year per consumption unit, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 8.8%. Also worth knowing: 5.1% of Saint-Barnabé’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Saint-Barnabé. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Barnabé is Chcb site Kerio, 10.3 mi away. 84 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 103: 18% below. Average lifespans in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women, 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Saint-Barnabé is 48.4.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Barnabé | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Barnabé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Barnabé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,223 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Loudéac | 9,987 | 3.7 | B+ | B | C | B |
| Plémet | 3,764 | 5.5 | A | A | A | C+ |
| Noyal-Pontivy Morbihan | 3,606 | 10 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 13 | A | A | A | B |
| Pontivy Morbihan | 14,640 | 13 | B− | B− | C− | C |
| Guerlédan | 2,532 | 13 | — | A | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Barnabé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Barnabé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Barnabé is a commune of 1,223 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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) · 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.