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La MartyreFinistère

With 751 residents, it is a town in Finistère, Brittany.

Is La Martyre a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, La Martyre is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Deux maisons du Guet
Deux maisons du Guet · Inscrit · Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Martyre’s story

La Martyre in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, La Martyre counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1916First protected: Église Saint-Salomon
  • 1995Most recently protected: Enceinte de terre de Kerlavarec
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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, La Martyre counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Salomon: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Martyre.

Who lives here

Few people in La Martyre are 65 or over: 16%, below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

42.3median age

Under 15: nearly a fifth of residents. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and close to compared French towns (11%). La Martyre has a median age of 42.3 years.

La MartyreFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Martyre
La MartyreFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–2410%9.3%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+16%26%22%
No diploma12%14%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education33%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

La Martyre keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in La Martyre is Église Saint-Salomon. On the Culture ministry’s list, La Martyre counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

10th c.
oldest protected part
1916
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in La Martyre, 6.9%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

6%walk, cycle or take transit

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,090 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in La Martyre: 200, for 350 residents in work (0.5 each). 5.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in La Martyre, 0.5 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Martyre than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.33/m² a month

€10.33/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

La Martyre recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.29/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Martyre€10.33/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Finistère median€11.55/m²
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.36 to €12.77/m² a month)
€9.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Martyre

12pages on La Martyre
Nearby attractions

Château de Poulbroc'h and 8 more in and around La Martyre

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near La Martyre. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from La Martyre

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Martyre yet.

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About La Martyre

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

La Martyre is a commune of 751 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. 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
751 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
7.1 sq mi (18.3 km²)
INSEE code
29144

La Martyre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Finistère →
LanderneauPlouédernLandivisiauLoperhetPloudanielPlougastel-DaoulasLanderneauPlouédernLandivisiauLoperhetPloudanielPlougastel-DaoulasLa Martyre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Martyre751—————
Landerneau16,3634.3A−C+C+B
Plouédern3,1034.4—B+—B−
Landivisiau9,4266.1A−BBC
Loperhet3,9598.2—B—A−
Ploudaniel3,7329.2—B−—C+
Plougastel-Daoulas13,43411B+CB+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 November 4, 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.