Guerlesquin’s schools beat most (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income (C) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Guerlesquin 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.
Each subject compares Guerlesquin 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 A+
Renting in Guerlesquin costs less than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.29/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,182/m², lower than both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.01/m² a month. 54 houses and apartments changed hands in Guerlesquin from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,182/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guerlesquin€1,182/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,182/m²
54
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €10.55/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Guerlesquin skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by a fifth of adults, lower than both Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up just over one in ten residents. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 6.9% of residents.
55.6median age
GuerlesquinFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Guerlesquin: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2025, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. On the Culture ministry’s list, Guerlesquin counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Menhir de Kerellou. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Guerlesquin sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 95 in Finistère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 235 deaths in Guerlesquin from 2016 to 2025; there were 276, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Guerlesquin is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 11.7 mi away. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Guerlesquin can choose among 4 GPs.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Guerlesquin · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, C H des Pays de Morlaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Guerlesquin than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,520 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The unemployment rate comes to 9.8%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Guerlesquin, 0.8 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guerlesquin
Is Guerlesquin safe?
Guerlesquin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Guerlesquin good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guerlesquin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guerlesquin grades A+ for cost of living.
About Guerlesquin
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Guerlesquin is a commune of 1,285 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
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.
