The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Overall, Gouesnou earns an A, better than 85% of compared French towns. It ranks #15 of 59 in Finistère. What counts against it is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Gouesnou 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Gouesnou costs more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.25/m² a month
€2,412/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,412/m², comes from 174 sales of houses and apartments in Gouesnou from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gouesnou€2,412/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,408/m²
157
€13.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.80 to €16.26/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Brest Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Fewer people in Gouesnou are out of work than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.3%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €29,020 a year per consumption unit, above both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 4.7% of working residents in Gouesnou to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,950
jobs based in Gouesnou, 1.4 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, 1 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Gouesnou is Église Saint-Gouesnou. Before 1919: that is when 1.7% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Gouesnou sees 86 deaths per 100 expected, against 95 in Finistère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 11 general practitioners in Gouesnou. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 555 residents of Gouesnou died, about as many as the 554 expected from France’s death rates at each age.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Gouesnou · 5.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de Keraudren
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Keraudren
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gouesnou has less crime per resident than 55% of compared French towns
4.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded offenses in Gouesnou came to 121 in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 16.1 graded property crimes a year. Jobs outnumber working residents in Gouesnou (3,950 to 2,750): it draws people in from around. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage58
Burglary20
Theft from vehicles15
Family violence11
Vehicle theft10
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence44
Fraud25
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.
4.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
121
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
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 · When sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Gouesnou than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 41% of adults
45.6median age
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Finistère’s towns (26%). 18% of residents are children under 15. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
GouesnouFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Virginie Cueff: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph Romain-Desfossés: Jules Rigo, Public domain
About Gouesnou
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Gouesnou is a commune of 6,501 people in the Brest Métropole. 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
6,501 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Brest Métropole
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
29061
Gouesnou’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 Gouesnou
Is Gouesnou safe?
It grades B for safety, #44 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gouesnou good?
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #12 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 100% of 431 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Croix Rouge La Salle in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gouesnou 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 €2,412/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gouesnou grades C 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.
