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A town of 1,570 in Finistère, Brittany.
Cast has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cast does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cast 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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Cast 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 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cast.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs located in Cast: 200, for 700 residents in work (0.3 each). Median disposable income comes to €24,850 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.35/m² a month, below both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 98% of what sold. 57 houses and apartments changed hands in Cast from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,402/m² | 56 |
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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. Among the classé monuments in Cast is Église Saint-Jérôme. Before 1919: that is when one in ten homes were built.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cast records 91 deaths per 100 expected, below Finistère’s towns (95) and close to compared French towns (88). 130 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 143: 9% below. The nearest emergency department to Cast is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 9.6 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
29% of adults hold a degree, lower than Finistère’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Cast | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cast has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jérôme: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Cast as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | 1,570 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 3.9 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 5.7 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Briec | 5,816 | 7 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | 7.8 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 9.2 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 10 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cast has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cast grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Cast is a commune of 1,570 people in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. 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.