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A town of 5,816 in Finistère, Brittany.
Briec grades A overall: better than 90% of compared French towns, and #10 of 59 in Finistère. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,917/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6.8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Briec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Briec 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Briec counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1935.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Briec.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #1 of 63 in Finistère. General-bac pupils go 7.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre StéphanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 99%+6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Pierre PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 63 | 98%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Briec’s tally for 2025: 91 recorded offenses. With 3,200 jobs for 2,600 working residents, Briec draws people in from neighbouring communes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.5 cases of violence against people and 7.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, family violence came up most often (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 sexual violence, vehicle theft 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 (10.4% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Briec’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, higher than both Finistère’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 619 residents of Briec died, against 516 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Briec is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper, 8.6 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Briec are older than 42.6. Graduates make up 30% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Briec | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Briec is Chapelle Saint-Vennec. 3 of the 4 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
163 sales of houses and apartments in Briec, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,917/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.75/m² a month. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,847/m² | 143 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Culture ministry’s list, Briec counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
Chapelle Saint-Sébastien de Guernilis: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Sainte-Cécile: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château et parc de Trohanet (également sur communes de Landudal et Langolen): Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Vennec: Photo: Manfred Escherig · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Briec yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briec | 5,816 | — | A | B− | A | C− |
| Ergué-Gabéric | 8,606 | 6.4 | A+ | B | A+ | C+ |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 7.6 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 7.9 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Elliant | 3,427 | 8.2 | — | B | — | D |
| Quimper | 64,385 | 8.4 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 9.2 | B | A− | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #18 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #1 of 63 in Finistère. 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 €1,917/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Briec grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Briec is a commune of 5,816 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. 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 October 30, 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.