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This town in Finistère, Brittany has a population of 1,893.
School results are strong (A): bac results 1.5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C).
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Roche-Maurice 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.
The one thing La Roche-Maurice does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Roche-Maurice 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.
La Roche-Maurice has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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La Roche-Maurice has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Roche-Maurice. Best known first.
MuseumFonds Hélène et Édouard Leclerc pour la culture4.4 km southwest, in Landerneau
Monastery or conventCouvent des Capucins de Landerneau4.4 km southwest, in Landerneau
MuseumOssuaire Saint-Cadou de Landerneau4.3 km southwest, in LanderneauChâteauChâteauChâteau de Keraoulin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Kernevezin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Roche-Maurice.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Sébastien - Les 2 rives PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée de l'ElornNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 292 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph - Les 2 Rives PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 100%+8 pts |
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,980/m², below both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 47 houses and apartments changed hands in La Roche-Maurice from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,980/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in La Roche-Maurice number 300, against 850 residents in work (0.3 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,010 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of La Roche-Maurice can choose among 2 GPs. Adjusted for age and care homes, La Roche-Maurice records 97 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 132 residents of La Roche-Maurice died, against 136 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Degrees are held by 35% of adults. La Roche-Maurice has a median age of 45.5. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| La Roche-Maurice | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Roche-Maurice is Église Saint-Yves. The protected list starts in the 13th century. This Finistère town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.2 violent offenses and 8.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 11 offenses reached the police record in La Roche-Maurice in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in La Roche-Maurice (2025).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 54.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
La Roche-Maurice has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Église Saint-Yves: Photo: Gaëlle Fily · CC BY 3.0 · Restes du château: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Roche-Maurice as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Maurice | 1,893 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 2.1 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 3 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
| Landivisiau | 9,426 | 6.4 | A− | B | B | C |
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | 6.7 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Loperhet | 3,959 | 8.4 | — | B | — | A− |
| Lesneven | 7,566 | 8.9 | A | B | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Roche-Maurice has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. 98% of 292 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de l'Elorn in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Roche-Maurice grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
La Roche-Maurice is a commune of 1,893 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
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 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.
