Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,167 people, lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Residents are healthier than most (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools beat most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car (D−). Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Carné 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 Saint-Carné 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-Carné has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Carné as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Calvaire du Saint-Esprit, in Dinan, 1.7 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Carné. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Carné.
At the census, 3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Saint-Carné holds 200 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 7.5% of the labour force are out of work.
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.
At birth, a girl in Côtes-d'Armor can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 57 deaths in Saint-Carné between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 75: 24% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Carné is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 1.9 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Carné, 90.8% passed the brevet, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (90.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Victoire PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée Les Cordeliers - Notre-Dame de la Victoire PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 201 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Les Cordeliers PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 111 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.31/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.25/m² a month, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 37 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Carné from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,615/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are a fifth of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). At 43.4, the median resident of Saint-Carné sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Carné | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.1 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 10 offenses were recorded in Saint-Carné. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Saint-Carné (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 78.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Carné 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 Saint-Carné 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Carné | 1,167 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Trélivan | 2,865 | 1.9 | B− | C− | A | C |
| Dinan | 14,764 | 2.3 | D | D | D− | D |
| Lanvallay | 4,291 | 2.8 | B+ | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Quévert | 3,955 | 2.8 | B+ | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Taden | 2,636 | 4.2 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Pleslin-Trigavou | 4,065 | 7.9 | B | C+ | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Carné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Carné grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Carné is a commune of 1,167 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. 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 November 4, 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.