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A town of 8,268 in Finistère, Brittany.
Guilers grades B+ overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #41 of 59 in Finistère. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,251/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Brest Métropole. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Guilers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guilers 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Guilers; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
2.2% 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 Guilers.
Among the graded crimes in Guilers, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 117 offenses here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Guilers, 96.0% passed the bac, close to Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #60 of 63 in Finistère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 98%+4 pts |
| Lycée Amiral Ronarc'hNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Joséphine BakerBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 50 | 68%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
242 sales of houses and apartments in Guilers, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,251/m². In Guilers, houses go for €2,242/m² and apartments for €2,391/m². Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,242/m² | 212 |
| Apartments | €2,391/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Guilers has 1,750 jobs for 3,450 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €27,170 a year per consumption unit, about level with Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 8.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 2.2% of the housing. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Guilers records 90 deaths per 100 expected, below Finistère’s towns (95) and close to compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 790 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 788, about as many. Also worth knowing: average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 8 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Finistère’s towns (9.3%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Guilers | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Guilers. Best known first.
Guilers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Guilers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilers | 8,268 | — | B+ | C+ | A | C+ |
| Bohars | 3,727 | 1.8 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Milizac-Guipronvel | 4,816 | 2.9 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Renan | 8,577 | 3 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Brest | 142,346 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | D | C− |
| Plouzané | 13,567 | 3.9 | A | C | A | B− |
| Gouesnou | 6,501 | 4.5 | A | C | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #20 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #60 of 63 in Finistère. 96% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Amiral Ronarc'h in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,251/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Guilers grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Guilers is a commune of 8,268 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
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.