There are no grades for Guimaëc: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over. The median home sells for €2,000/m².
What makes Guimaëc stand out
The 3 things Guimaëc does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guimaëc.
Who lives here
Guimaëc has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 38% have a degree. Guimaëc has a median age of 53.3 years.
53.3median age
GuimaëcFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Guimaëc keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Guimaëc is Dolmen dit Lit de Saint-Jean. On the Culture ministry’s list, Guimaëc counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Money is tighter in Guimaëc than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,800 a year per consumption unit
Of those in the labour force, 11.0% are unemployed. 150 jobs are based in Guimaëc, for 350 working residents (0.5 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 7.1% of commuters got to work without a car.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Guimaëc, 0.5 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Guimaëc than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in Guimaëc. That is the middle of 41 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,388/m² for the median of compared towns in Finistère.
€2,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guimaëc€2,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,000/m²
41
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.27 to €12.49/m² a month)
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Dolmen dit Lit de Saint-Jean: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lec'h dit Maen ar Rannou encastré dans le mur de l'ancien cimetière: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle du Christ: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Guimaëc
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Guimaëc yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Guimaëc
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Guimaëc is a commune of 982 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.
