Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gildas.
History
Saint-Gildas keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Gildas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Gildas than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
45.3median age
Saint-GildasCôtes-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 diploma11%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 112 men for every 100 women. 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
Work & commute
Unemployment in Saint-Gildas, 6.7%, runs below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
7.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Saint-Gildas holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,300 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Gildas, 0.4 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Gildas
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Gildas is a commune of 248 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
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.
