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A town of 2,188 in Finistère, Brittany.
Dirinon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,087/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Dirinon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dirinon 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Dirinon counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Dirinon. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dirinon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.3 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Coat MezNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.6% 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%). Dirinon has 600 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,710 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.
69 sales of houses and apartments in Dirinon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,087/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.86/m² a month. Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,074/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Dirinon. At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 142 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 169: 16% below.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 9.2% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Dirinon is Chapelle Sainte-Nonne. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Finistère’s towns (26%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Dirinon | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.9. All told, Dirinon had 16 recorded offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was burglary (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (37.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Dirinon counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Église Sainte-Nonne et Saint-Divy: Photo: User:Deneza · CC0 · Chapelle Sainte-Nonne: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Dirinon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirinon | 2,188 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Loperhet | 3,959 | 2.8 | — | B | — | A− |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 3.3 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 5.1 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Plougastel-Daoulas | 13,434 | 5.6 | B+ | C | B+ | C |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon | 11,897 | 5.9 | A− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Guipavas | 15,538 | 6.5 | A− | C | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dirinon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,087/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dirinon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Dirinon is a commune of 2,188 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. 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.
