Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At C overall, Concarneau ranks #57 of 59 in Finistère. Nationally, it does better than a third of compared French towns. It lags on safety as well (C) — an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 20.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,179/m² takes 8.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Concarneau 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Concarneau.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Concarneau: 33% are 65 or over, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.4% of residents. Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Concarneau: 53.9, the median.
53.9median age
ConcarneauFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
More people in Concarneau are out of work than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.8%
17.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Concarneau number 9,700, against 7,600 residents in work (1.3 per worker). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Concarneau didn’t travel to work at all.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot8%
Public transport5%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
9,700
jobs based in Concarneau, 1.3 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Concarneau’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Concarneau: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. 3,072 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,844: 8% above. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Finistère town has 25 family doctors.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
25
GPs in Concarneau · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Concarneau
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For crime per resident, Concarneau sits above 75% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Concarneau (2025). All told, Concarneau had 598 recorded offenses in 2025.
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage266
Burglary91
Theft from vehicles60
Family violence58
Other physical violence54
Vehicle theft44
Sexual violence25
Theft without violence160
Fraud109
Drug use85
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
598
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C
Buying in Concarneau costs more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €3,179/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,028/m² in Concarneau, apartments for €3,357/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.81/m² a month. 993 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
€3,179/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Concarneau€3,179/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,028/m²
551
Apartments
€3,357/m²
442
€11.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.16 to €14.03/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Concarneau: 8 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.5% of the total. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1992. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Concarneau is Remparts de la Ville Close.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
91.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 0.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Concarneau is 95.0%, below Finistère’s towns (96.9%) but above compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 0.7 mi off. For exam results, it comes #55 of 63 in Finistère.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Remparts de la Ville Close: Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne caserne Hervo: Photo: Julien1978 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Kériolet: Photo: Julien1978 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Marie Le Bris: Fusain de Henri Schneider, Brest (France), 1965., Public domain · Michel Desjoyeaux: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florian Guillou: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jocelyn Rico: Panini Group, Public domain · Jean Kerhervé: Akerherv, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Paul Ollivier: Tusco, CC BY-SA 3.0
Concarneau’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Concarneau
Is Concarneau safe?
It grades C for safety, #55 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 91 burglaries and 266 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Concarneau good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #55 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 107 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph 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.
Is Concarneau expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.33/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Concarneau grades C for cost of living.
About Concarneau
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Concarneau is a commune of 20,845 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. 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
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.
