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Home to 1,576 people, this town lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well (D−). Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Carreuc 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 2 things Saint-Carreuc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Carreuc 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-Carreuc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Carreuc; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Carreuc.
Of those in the labour force, 6.8% are unemployed. At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €25,540 a year per consumption unit.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 105 residents of Saint-Carreuc died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Carreuc have one GP on hand.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.30/m² a month, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €8.82/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,602/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, above both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.9% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Carreuc | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 18th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Carreuc were armed robbery than anything else (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.7 violent offenses and 3.7 graded property crimes a year.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Saint-Carreuc has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix de Saint-Guéhen: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Saint-Carreuc.
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-Carreuc | 1,576 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Plédran | 6,933 | 3.2 | A− | B+ | A | B− |
| Plaintel | 4,602 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 4,103 | 4.3 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Trégueux | 8,450 | 5.7 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Yffiniac | 5,074 | 6 | A | B− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Carreuc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Carreuc grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Carreuc is a commune of 1,576 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor 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.