Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,621/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Fouesnantais. Its lowest grade is for walkability: nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gouesnach has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gouesnach 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.
Stèle protohistorique du Cosquer: Photo: Shadrak+ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de Saint-Cado ou Saint-Cadou: Photo: Cansim · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gouesnach.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Gouesnach, 5.9%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 1,200 residents in work, Gouesnach has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. The median disposable income was €28,850 a year per consumption unit, above both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.7% of commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Gouesnach, 0.2 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Gouesnach is a graduates’ town: 42% hold a degree, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
51.4median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.6% of residents, below Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ages in Gouesnach split evenly at 51.4: half are older, half younger.
GouesnachFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma7%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Gouesnach run below what its ages would predict: 80 per 100 expected, fewer than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 236 deaths in Gouesnach between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 293: 20% below. 4 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gouesnach · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
5.1 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
Gouesnach: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Gouesnach is Chapelle de Saint-Cado ou Saint-Cadou. On the Culture ministry’s list, Gouesnach counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 3.4% of the total, 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
HousingCost of living B−
Gouesnach is graded a B− for cost of living
€2,621/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.85/m² a month, higher than Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,621/m², comes from 86 sales of houses and apartments in Gouesnach from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.16/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gouesnach€2,621/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,611/m²
85
€12.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.05 to €16.43/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Fouesnantais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Gouesnach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.6 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Gouesnach show 25 offenses in 2025. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Family violence8
Criminal damage7
Fraud15
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
42.4%
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, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 42.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Gouesnach is a commune of 2,836 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Fouesnantais. 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
2,836 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Fouesnantais
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
6.6 sq mi (17 km²)
INSEE code
29060
Gouesnach’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gouesnach
Is Gouesnach safe?
Gouesnach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Is Gouesnach expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,621/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gouesnach 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.
