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A town in Finistère, Brittany, home to 1,043 people.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 14 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,986/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Garlan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Garlan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Garlan 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.
Garlan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Garlan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garlan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 100%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 81 deaths in Garlan from 2016 to 2025; there were 89, 10% more. At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Garlan is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 3.8 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to C+.
6.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs based in Garlan number 200, against 500 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,780 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.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Garlan, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,986/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,986/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, above both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Garlan is older than 44.2, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Garlan | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Garlan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Garlan. Best known first.
Garlan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de Kervézec: Photo: Kergourlay · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Garlan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlan | 1,043 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Plouigneau | 5,014 | 3 | A | A− | A | C |
| Morlaix | 15,194 | 3.1 | C+ | B+ | D | D |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs | 4,773 | 4.1 | B | B | C | C− |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix | 4,548 | 4.6 | A | A− | A | C |
| Plougonven | 3,382 | 5.3 | — | A | — | D |
| Taulé | 2,914 | 6.1 | — | A− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Garlan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 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 100% 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 €1,986/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Garlan grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Garlan is a commune of 1,043 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté. 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.