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This town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany has a population of 1,560.
Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,012/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Hélen 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-Hélen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Hélen 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-Hélen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Hélen 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 1927.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Hélen. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hélen.
2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.4% are unemployed. The median disposable income is €25,550 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.
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. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Hélen is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 4.1 mi away. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7% of residents, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Hélen | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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 earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. Saint-Hélen has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
42 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Hélen, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,012/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €9.76/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.62/m² a month, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,012/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Hélen were armed robbery than anything else (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 4.4.
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-Hélen has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château de Coëtquen: Photo: Raydou · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Hélen 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-Hélen | 1,560 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Lanvallay | 4,291 | 2.9 | B+ | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Pleudihen-sur-Rance | 2,924 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Mesnil-Roc'h Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,492 | 3.8 | B | B− | A+ | C |
| Taden | 2,636 | 4 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Dinan | 14,764 | 4.1 | D | D | D− | D |
| Plouër-sur-Rance | 3,416 | 4.5 | B | C− | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Hélen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,012/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Hélen grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Hélen is a commune of 1,560 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.