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A town in Finistère, Brittany, home to 1,133 people.
Coat-Méal’s strongest is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 36% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Coat-Méal 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 Coat-Méal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coat-Méal 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.
Coat-Méal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Coat-Méal; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1937.
Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Coat-Méal. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coat-Méal.
Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). At 36.3, the median resident of Coat-Méal sits in the middle of the age range. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Coat-Méal | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.8% 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%). The jobless rate is 7.1%. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,450 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 52 residents of Coat-Méal died, against 54 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, about level with Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). Life expectancy at birth in Finistère is 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.5% of the total.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.89/m² a month. 27 houses and apartments changed hands in Coat-Méal from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Coat-Méal has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs: Photo: Armanel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coat-Méal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coat-Méal | 1,133 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Bourg-Blanc | 3,573 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Milizac-Guipronvel | 4,816 | 2.9 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Plouvien | 3,968 | 4.3 | A | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Lannilis | 5,709 | 4.6 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Gouesnou | 6,501 | 5.3 | A | C | B | B |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 5.4 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coat-Méal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Coat-Méal is a commune of 1,133 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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) · 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.