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With 384 residents, it is a town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Saint-Gilles-les-Bois falls below the line for grades. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes.
The one thing Saint-Gilles-les-Bois does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gilles-les-Bois.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, between Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Saint-Gilles-les-Bois is 49.2 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gilles-les-Bois | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Saint-Gilles-les-Bois, for 150 working residents (0.3 per worker). At the census, 5.0% 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.07/m² a month. Saint-Gilles-les-Bois recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Gilles-les-Bois. Best known first.
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Gilles: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Saint-Gilles-les-Bois.
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-Gilles-les-Bois | 384 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pabu | 2,771 | 5.9 | B+ | B | B | D− |
| Guingamp | 7,111 | 6.7 | C+ | B− | D− | B− |
| Grâces | 2,601 | 7.6 | B+ | B | B+ | C− |
| Ploumagoar | 5,414 | 7.8 | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Plouha | 4,634 | 8.1 | C+ | C+ | A | C |
| Plouézec | 3,147 | 8.6 | — | C | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois is a commune of 384 people in the Communauté de communes Leff Armor Communauté. 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) · 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 9, 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.