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Home to 1,551 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Lanrivoaré’s best grade is for schools: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,184/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. It is hard to get around without a car: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lanrivoaré 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 Lanrivoaré 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.
Lanrivoaré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Lanrivoaré has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Lanrivoaré. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lanrivoaré.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
97.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Lanrivoaré, above both Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 7.2 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Stanislas PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 209 | 97%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Lanrivoaré died, against 96 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lanrivoaré is Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche, 6.8 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners here. Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,190 a year per consumption unit. For its 700 residents in work, Lanrivoaré has 350 jobs: 0.5 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.8% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.9%, close to Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. Ages in Lanrivoaré split evenly at 42.2: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lanrivoaré | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,184/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Lanrivoaré from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.30/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.55/m² a month, near Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,184/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are tombs and funerary monuments. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.9% of the total, above 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
The list names few of Lanrivoaré’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lanrivoaré yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanrivoaré | 1,551 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Renan | 8,577 | 2.7 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Milizac-Guipronvel | 4,816 | 3.2 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Guilers | 8,268 | 4.7 | B+ | C+ | A | C+ |
| Plouarzel | 4,029 | 5.3 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Ploudalmézeau | 6,522 | 5.7 | A+ | B | A+ | C |
| Bohars | 3,727 | 6.2 | A− | C | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lanrivoaré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,184/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lanrivoaré grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Lanrivoaré is a commune of 1,551 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. 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.