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This town in Finistère, Brittany has a population of 2,669.
A solid town with one catch. With a B+ overall, Guilvinec is better than 67% of compared French towns and ranks #40 of 59 in Finistère. Schools do well: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,544/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Bigouden Sud. The trade-off is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Guilvinec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guilvinec 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Guilvinec counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Guilvinec. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guilvinec.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. Children under 15 make up 8.6%, lower than both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 6.8% of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Guilvinec | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.6% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. 511 deaths in Guilvinec between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 412: 24% above. There are 3 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Guilvinec, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #10 of 63 in Finistère. Also worth knowing: for the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 60 | 95%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Guilvinec holds 1,300 jobs; 800 of its residents are in work, so 1.7 jobs each. The census found 17.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €25,630 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In all, 52 offenses reached the police record in Guilvinec in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5 violent offenses and 14.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 18.2% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Guilvinec counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Menhir de Lanvar. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,544/m², comes from 185 sales of houses and apartments in Guilvinec from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Guilvinec sell for €2,422/m², houses for €2,574/m². The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,574/m² | 134 |
| Apartments | €2,422/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Culture ministry’s list, Guilvinec counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Menhir de Lanvar: Photo: Piero · Public domain · Manoir de Kergoz: Photo: Claude PERON · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Guilvinec.
Pierre-Jean Berrou: Claude PERON, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilvinec | 2,669 | — | B+ | B− | B | D− |
| Plomeur | 3,904 | 2.1 | — | B− | — | D |
| Plobannalec-Lesconil | 3,718 | 2.9 | B− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Penmarch | 5,508 | 3.2 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Loctudy | 4,075 | 5 | B+ | C+ | A− | C |
| Pont-l'Abbé | 8,484 | 5.3 | B+ | B− | C+ | B− |
| Plonéour-Lanvern | 6,452 | 6.8 | B | B− | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #40 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #10 of 63 in Finistère. 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 €2,544/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.17/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Guilvinec grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Guilvinec is a commune of 2,669 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Bigouden Sud. 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.
