Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €2,004/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Faou 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 Le Faou 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 Le Faou.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Le Faou sees more deaths than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 113 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
338 deaths in Le Faou between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 232: 46% above. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 5 GPs practise locally. The nearest emergency department to Le Faou is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 10.7 mi away.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw146
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Le Faou · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
10.7 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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Faou is rich in protected monuments: 141 per 10,000 residents, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in Le Faou: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 20 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame de Rumengol.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Le Faou is a graduates’ town: 39% hold a degree, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, lower than Finistère’s towns (26%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Half the people of Le Faou are older than 42.6.
42.6median age
Le FaouFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Le Faou are out of work than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.1%
At the census, 5.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,230 a year.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
750
jobs based in Le Faou, 0.9 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Faou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.3 violent offenses and 15.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The police record for Le Faou lists 22 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary11
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
Theft without violence6
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.7%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 34.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Atelier Galerie Le Ruisseau and 5 more in and around Le Faou
Heritage and museums in and near Le Faou. Best known first.
Église Notre-Dame de Rumengol: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 16e siècle: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Sauveur: Photo: AlSepPhoenix · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fontaine du 16e siècle de Rumengol: Photo: Gustave Geffroy · Public domain
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Faou
Is Le Faou safe?
Le Faou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Is Le Faou expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Faou grades B+ for cost of living.
About Le Faou
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Le Faou is a commune of 1,911 people in the Communauté de communes Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime. 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
1,911 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime
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.
