Police record less crime here than in most towns (A+): an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is a strength too (A) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C+): two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,037/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. The overall grade lands at A+, #3 of 59 in Finistère. It comes out better than 95% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Ergué-Gabéric 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdevot: Photo: Manfred Escherig · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Lezergué: Photo: Joseph Bigot (1807-1894) · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ergué-Gabéric.
Safety
Crime per resident in Ergué-Gabéric runs lower than in 98% of compared French towns
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
In all, 91 offenses reached the police record in Ergué-Gabéric in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary35
Criminal damage33
Family violence17
Sexual violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud46
Theft without violence21
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
91
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.9%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Ergué-Gabéric, 91.9% passed the bac, lower than Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away. By results, schools here place #31 of 63 in Finistère.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Ergué-Gabéric has lower unemployment than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €27,460 a year per consumption unit, close to Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 2.7% of Ergué-Gabéric’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,450
jobs based in Ergué-Gabéric, 0.9 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ergué-Gabéric is Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdevot. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. This Finistère town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Also worth knowing: 3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Ergué-Gabéric run higher than in 58% of compared French towns
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 653 deaths in Ergué-Gabéric between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 702: 7% below. Its two care homes for older people (18 places) count their residents as Ergué-Gabéric’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. 16 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Ergué-Gabéric · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
3.2 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.04/m² a month, about level with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Ergué-Gabéric: 207 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ergué-Gabéric€2,037/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,023/m²
204
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €13.60/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Ergué-Gabéric, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
45.4median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of residents, about level with Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). 37% of adults hold a degree. The age that splits Ergué-Gabéric in two is 45.4.
Ergué-GabéricFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Jean-François de La Marche: Hervé Queinnec (Archives diocésaines de Quimper), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bernez Rouz: Topariti, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Ergué-Gabéric
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Ergué-Gabéric is a commune of 8,606 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ergué-Gabéric
Is Ergué-Gabéric safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ergué-Gabéric good?
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns and #31 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 98% of 90 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Yves Thépot 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 Ergué-Gabéric expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ergué-Gabéric grades B for cost of living.
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.
