Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,896 people, lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Schools do well (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short 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. At €1,939/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Le Drennec 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 2 things Le Drennec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Drennec 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.
Le Drennec has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Drennec as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre cultuelle gauloise (lec'h hémisphérique), in Ploudaniel, 2.3 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Drennec.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Le Drennec is 42 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Le Drennec | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 122 deaths in Le Drennec from 2016 to 2025; there were 114, 6% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, near Finistère’s towns (95) and higher than compared French towns (88). Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Le Drennec is Polyclinique de Keraudren, 8.4 mi away.
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+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
61 sales of houses and apartments in Le Drennec, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,939/m². House rents are put at about €9.42/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.82/m² a month, in line with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,939/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 900 residents in work, Le Drennec has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Le Drennec didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Le Drennec. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Drennec is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Drennec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Drennec | 1,896 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | 2.7 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Le Folgoët | 3,315 | 2.8 | A | B− | A | C |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
| Plouvien | 3,968 | 3.8 | A | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Lesneven | 7,566 | 3.8 | A | B | A− | B |
| Bourg-Blanc | 3,573 | 6.4 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Drennec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 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 97% 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 €1,939/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Drennec grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Le Drennec is a commune of 1,896 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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.