Residents are healthier than most (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income (C): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Huelgoat 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 Huelgoat 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Cieux: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Yves: Photo: Michael Kranewitter · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Huelgoat.
Who lives here
Huelgoat has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9% are 15 to 24
64.3median age
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. 48% of residents are 65 or over. Under 15: 6% of residents.
HuelgoatFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
48%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A
Huelgoat loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 70 per 100 expected, below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 414 deaths in Huelgoat from 2016 to 2025; there were 459, 11% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Huelgoat is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 10 mi away. One GP practises locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Huelgoat · 1.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Huelgoat than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.29/m² a month
€1,377/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,377/m², below Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Huelgoat recorded 102 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Huelgoat€1,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,404/m²
99
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €10.55/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Huelgoat than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,490 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
12.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 14.6% of working residents in Huelgoat didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot11%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
550
jobs based in Huelgoat, 1.4 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Huelgoat has 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1989. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Huelgoat is Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Cieux. 14% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Huelgoat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Of the graded crimes in Huelgoat, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.4 cases of violence against people and 13.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in the town came to 30 in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Huelgoat (550 to 400): it draws people in from around.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Sexual violence10
Other physical violence6
Theft without violence7
Fraud5
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (37.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Huelgoat is a commune of 1,440 people in the Communauté de communes Monts d'Arrée 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
Population
1,440 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.8 km²)
INSEE code
29081
Huelgoat’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
