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Confort-MeilarsFinistère

Population 861: a town in Finistère, Brittany.

Is Confort-Meilars a good place to live?

There are no grades for Confort-Meilars: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes.

What makes Confort-Meilars stand out

The one thing Confort-Meilars does most differently from other towns.

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Église Notre-Dame-de-Confort
Église Notre-Dame-de-Confort · Classé · Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Confort-Meilars’ story

Confort-Meilars in pictures

Confort-Meilars 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 1914.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1914First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-Confort
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Landmarks

Confort-Meilars has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame-de-Confort: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Confort-Meilars.

History

Old homes shape Confort-Meilars: 14% were built before 1919, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Confort-Meilars is Église Notre-Dame-de-Confort. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1914
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Confort-Meilars: 12% are 15 to 24, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

47.5median age

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.

Confort-MeilarsFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Confort-Meilars
Confort-MeilarsFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–2412%9.3%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6433%28%26%
65+21%26%22%
No diploma10%14%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education27%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.4% of commuters in Confort-Meilars go to work without a car, fewer than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

5%walk, cycle or take transit

150 jobs are based in Confort-Meilars, for 350 working residents (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,280 a year per consumption unit, below Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.4% of Confort-Meilars’ working residents to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Confort-Meilars, 0.5 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

100.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 13 points above the expected rate

100.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.3 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Confort-Meilars100.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Lamennais - Cap Sizun PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège45100%+13 pts
100.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +13 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Confort-Meilars is €12.36/m² a month

€12.36/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.69/m² a month. 27 houses and apartments changed hands in Confort-Meilars from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Confort-Meilars€12.36/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Finistère median€11.55/m²
€12.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.59 to €15.92/m² a month)
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Confort-Meilars

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Nearby attractions

Manoir de Kervernargant and 3 more in and around Confort-Meilars

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Confort-Meilars. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

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About Confort-Meilars

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Confort-Meilars is a commune of 861 people in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. 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

Population
861 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.8 km²)
INSEE code
29145

Confort-Meilars’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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PlouhinecPlozévetDouarnenezAudiernePlogonnecPluguffanPlouhinecPlozévetDouarnenezAudiernePlogonnecPluguffanConfort-Meilars
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Confort-Meilars861—————
Plouhinec3,9194.4—C+—C−
Plozévet2,9844.7—C+—C−
Douarnenez14,0685.2B−C+C+C−
Audierne3,7275.9BCB−C−
Plogonnec3,23612—B−—C+
Pluguffan4,22313B+B−AC−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.