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A town of 2,186 in Finistère, Brittany.
Edern has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,925/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6.8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Edern does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Edern 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Edern; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1956.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Edern.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 8.1 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Pierre PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 98%+8 pts |
| Collège Pierre StéphanBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 92 | 99%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 2.6% of commuters got to work without a car. Edern has 350 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Also worth knowing: households’ median disposable income: €26,010 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.
The nearest emergency department to Edern is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper, 10.3 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Edern come to 97 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 167 residents of Edern died, against 172 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. In Finistère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,925/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Edern from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.78/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,904/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 18% of the population here. 29% of adults hold a degree, lower than Finistère’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Edern are older than 43.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Edern | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.4% of the total, higher than Finistère’s towns (5.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Edern; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-Botlan: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Edern.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edern | 2,186 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Briec | 5,816 | 2.1 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Ergué-Gabéric | 8,606 | 7.7 | A+ | B | A+ | C+ |
| Elliant | 3,427 | 8 | — | B | — | D |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 8.2 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 8.3 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 3,651 | 8.6 | B+ | A− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Edern has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% 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 €1,925/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Edern grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Edern is a commune of 2,186 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. 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.
