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A town in Finistère, Brittany, home to 1,846 people.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,776/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Guengat 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 Guengat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guengat 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.
Guengat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Guengat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1914.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guengat.
7.3% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 2.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Guengat: 250, for 850 residents in work (0.3 each).
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.
Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 134 deaths in Guengat from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 2% fewer. Adjusted mortality in the town: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. For a family doctor, residents of Guengat have one GP on hand.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. 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 sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold in Guengat. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,784/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Guengat is Église Saint-Fiacre. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. 7.1% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. 38% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Guengat | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Guengat. Best known first.
Guengat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Fiacre: Photo: S.Möller · Public domain
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Guengat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guengat | 1,846 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 2.6 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Pluguffan | 4,223 | 4.3 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Quimper | 64,385 | 5.3 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Plomelin | 4,239 | 7.1 | B+ | C+ | A+ | C |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 7.2 | B− | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Ergué-Gabéric | 8,606 | 7.9 | A+ | B | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Guengat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Guengat grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Guengat is a commune of 1,846 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.