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Some 3,651 people live in this town, in Finistère, Brittany.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: brevet results a point above the expected rate. What counts against it is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #33 of 59 in Finistère. Nationally, it does better than 73% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Châteauneuf-du-Faou 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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The 3 things Châteauneuf-du-Faou does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Châteauneuf-du-Faou; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
Châteauneuf-du-Faou has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf-du-Faou.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.87/m² a month, lower than both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.78/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,276/m² | 176 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 10.3 mi to the nearest lycée. Its schools’ results rank #46 of 63 in Finistère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'AulneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% of the town, lower than both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). 30% of residents are 65 or over. Châteauneuf-du-Faou has a median age of 51.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 592 residents of Châteauneuf-du-Faou died, against 535 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Châteauneuf-du-Faou’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Châteauneuf-du-Faou is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 12.7 mi away. 9 GPs practise in the town.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 6.3%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.4 violent offenses and 13.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Châteauneuf-du-Faou has 2,200 jobs for 1,350 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. For 2025, the figures show 72 offenses here. The commonest graded crime in the town 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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.1% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 9.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Châteauneuf-du-Faou. Best known first.
3 notable people were born in Châteauneuf-du-Faou.
Raymond Keruzoré: Sigismond Michalowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Raymond Delaporte: L'Heure Bretonne, Public domain
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Châteauneuf-du-Faou is a commune of 3,651 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 3,651 | — | B+ | A− | B− | C |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 7.4 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Gourin Morbihan | 3,960 | 10 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Briec | 5,816 | 11 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 12 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Scaër | 5,178 | 13 | C+ | A− | A− | D |
| Carhaix-Plouguer | 7,412 | 13 | C | B+ | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #48 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns and #46 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Châteauneuf-du-Faou grades A− for cost of living.
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.