Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well — just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Val-d'Arguenon has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-d'Arguenon 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Val-d'Arguenon than in Côtes-d'Armor or compared French towns: 18 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 16% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Val-d'Arguenon is Mottes féodales dites Les Bourgs Heusas. 3 of the 5 are houses and mansions. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Val-d'Arguenon has lower unemployment than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4%
Val-d'Arguenon has 550 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 5.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Val-d'Arguenon, 0.5 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Val-d'Arguenon than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.35/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,990/m², comes from 78 sales of houses and apartments in Val-d'Arguenon from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,990/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-d'Arguenon€1,990/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,981/m²
77
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.35 to €11.90/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Val-d'Arguenon sees fewer deaths than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 80 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Côtes-d'Armor live to 84.8 on average and men to 78.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 210 residents of Val-d'Arguenon died, against 261 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Val-d'Arguenon is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 11.9 mi away.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Val-d'Arguenon · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven
14.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Val-d'Arguenon hold a degree than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). Val-d'Arguenon has a median age of 49.3 years.
49.3median age
Val-d'ArguenonCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Safety
Val-d'Arguenon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Val-d'Arguenon was family violence (2025). Over 2025, Val-d'Arguenon logged 13 recorded offenses.
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence8
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 46.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Manoir de Vaumadeuc and 6 more in and around Val-d'Arguenon
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Val-d'Arguenon. Best known first.
Manoir de Vaumadeuc: Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Monchoix: Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Croix monolithe: Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-d'Arguenon
Is Val-d'Arguenon safe?
Val-d'Arguenon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Val-d'Arguenon good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Val-d'Arguenon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,990/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val-d'Arguenon grades A− for cost of living.
About Val-d'Arguenon
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Val-d'Arguenon is a commune of 2,844 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
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.
