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18% of residents are 15 to 24. It is a town of 1,723 residents in Finistère, Brittany.
Schools do well: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.3% unemployment. At €1,714/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bodilis 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 Bodilis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bodilis 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.
Bodilis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bodilis has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bodilis.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bodilis, 98.0% passed the bac, about level with Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège KerzouratNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée du LéonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 101 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 198 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 26% of adults. 14% of residents are 65 or over, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 19% of the population here.
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bodilis | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 18% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 30% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Bodilis, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,714/m². House rents are put at about €9.10/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,714/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Bodilis is Église Notre-Dame. 7.7% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Finistère’s towns (5.6%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Bodilis died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bodilis is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 7.5 mi away. Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
At the census, 16.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €26,170 a year per consumption unit, near both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Bodilis. Best known first.
Bodilis has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Bodilis.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodilis | 1,723 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Landivisiau | 9,426 | 2 | A− | B | B | C |
| Plouvorn | 2,916 | 5.5 | — | A− | — | C |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Guiclan | 2,585 | 6.9 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner | 3,148 | 7.7 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 8.2 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bodilis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 101 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Léon in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,714/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bodilis grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Bodilis is a commune of 1,723 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. 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.