Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Schools do well: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate. Landivisiau grades A− overall and ranks #16 of 59 in Finistère. On that grade it does better than 84% of compared French towns. It is strong on walkability as well (B+): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,723/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. The drawback is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: 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.
Each subject compares Landivisiau 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Landivisiau.
Schools
Schools around Landivisiau do better than those of 88% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Landivisiau, 95.4% passed the brevet, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). For exam results, it comes #19 of 63 in Finistère.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Landivisiau has 5 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Landivisiau is Église Saint-Thivisiau. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. 3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Landivisiau run lower than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €24,850 a year per consumption unit
For its 4,150 residents in work, Landivisiau has 6,850 jobs: 1.6 each. No commute at all: 3.0% of working residents here at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,850
jobs based in Landivisiau, 1.6 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Landivisiau sees more deaths than 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,076 residents of Landivisiau died, against 911 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. Its two care homes for older people (200 places) count their residents as Landivisiau’s; allowing for them, deaths were 6% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Landivisiau is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 8.5 mi away. In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Landivisiau · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Landivisiau costs less than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.83/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Landivisiau sell for €1,834/m² and apartments for €1,270/m². Behind the median of €1,723/m²: 389 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.08/m² a month.
€1,723/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Landivisiau€1,723/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,834/m²
296
Apartments
€1,270/m²
93
€10.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €13.40/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Landivisiau has less crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.9 violent offenses and 10.1 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 182 offenses recorded in Landivisiau. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
9.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage58
Family violence35
Sexual violence30
Burglary28
Other physical violence23
Vehicle theft8
Armed robbery0
Fraud44
Theft without violence33
Drug use28
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.
9.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
182
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.5%
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 theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 12% of people in Landivisiau are 15 to 24, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 30% of adults.
42.5median age
LandivisiauFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
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Landivisiau’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Landivisiau
Is Landivisiau safe?
It grades B for safety, #43 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Landivisiau good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #19 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 98% of 101 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Léon in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Landivisiau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,723/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Landivisiau grades B for cost of living.
About Landivisiau
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Landivisiau is a commune of 9,426 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. 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.
