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Some 1,441 people live in this town, in Finistère, Brittany.
Arzano’s weakest subject is health (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,043/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Arzano 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 one thing Arzano does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arzano 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.
Arzano has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arzano, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
15% 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 Arzano.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Arzano. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Arzano records 102 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 363 residents of Arzano died, against 232 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 56% more. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The median disposable income was €25,420 a year per consumption unit, lower than Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Arzano didn’t travel to work at all. The jobless rate is 9.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Arzano have a median age of 50.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Arzano | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère 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 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arzano, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
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.
The median price, €2,043/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Arzano from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.87/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,043/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 8 offenses were recorded in Arzano. Violence against people ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes locally, 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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 86.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Arzano. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arzano, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Motte castrale du Roc'h: Photo: Monstruosator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir du Laz: Photo: Absurd Jedi · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Arzano.
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Arzano 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 €2,043/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arzano grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Arzano is a commune of 1,441 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé 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) · 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.
