Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 17% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem 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-Nicolas-du-Pélem 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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem counts 5 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1909.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1909First protected: Chapelle Saint-Éloi
1987Most recently protected: Moulin à eau de Kermarc'h
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 340 residents of Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem died, against 262 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem is Centre hospitalier de Guingamp, 17.5 mi away. One GP practises in the town. 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.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guingamp
19 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chcb site Kerio
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.5%. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree.
56median age
Saint-Nicolas-du-PélemCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem is rich in protected monuments: 33 per 10,000 residents, more than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 5. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem is Chapelle Saint-Éloi. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem counts 5 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem, 12.9%, runs above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,040 a year. At the census, 9.8% of working residents in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem didn’t travel to work at all. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot10%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem, 1.2 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem counts 5 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Is Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem safe?
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 13.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,029/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem is a commune of 1,523 people in the Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh (CCKB). 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.
