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In Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, this town has 1,625 residents.
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance’s strongest subject is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,485/m² takes 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Samson-sur-Rance 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-Samson-sur-Rance 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-Samson-sur-Rance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Samson-sur-Rance has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Manoir du Châtelier-Guitrel: Photo: Édouard Hue ( User:EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Menhir dit La Pierre Longue: Photo: Raydou · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance.
Jobs based in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance number 250, against 700 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 3.2% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 6.9%, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
In Côtes-d'Armor, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 95 residents of Saint-Samson-sur-Rance died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Menhir dit La Pierre Longue. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
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.
49 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.25/m² a month, near Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.76/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,485/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, 94.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) yet higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Val de RanceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée la Fontaine des EauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 314 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Les Cordeliers PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 111 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.9% of residents. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Samson-sur-Rance | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Saint-Samson-sur-Rance lists 5 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.5 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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 theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (58.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Samson-sur-Rance. Best known first.
Archaeological siteAllée couverte de Bel Evan4.1 km north, in Plouër-sur-RanceChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Tiemblaisin townChâteauChâteauManoir du Carheilin townMuseumMuseumChâteau de Dinan4.9 km south, in DinanMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Cordeliers de Dinan4.5 km southwest, in DinanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance yet.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance is a commune of 1,625 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
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-Samson-sur-Rance | 1,625 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Taden | 2,636 | 1.5 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Plouër-sur-Rance | 3,416 | 2.7 | B | C− | A+ | C− |
| Lanvallay | 4,291 | 3 | B+ | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Dinan | 14,764 | 3 | D | D | D− | D |
| Pleslin-Trigavou | 4,065 | 3.5 | B | C+ | A | D |
| Pleudihen-sur-Rance | 2,924 | 3.6 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns. 97% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée la Fontaine des Eaux in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Samson-sur-Rance grades C+ for cost of living.
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 8, 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.