A solid town with one catch. Le Folgoët grades A overall, better than 90% of compared French towns, and ranks #11 of 59 in Finistère. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €1,871/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
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 Le Folgoët 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 Folgoët.
Safety
For crime per resident, Le Folgoët sits below 94% of compared French towns
In 2025, 35 offenses were recorded in Le Folgoët. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Family violence6
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence8
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.7%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (24.7% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #28 of 63 in Finistère. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 100% of 139 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Le Folgoët is above 71% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Le Folgoët come to 96 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 290 residents of Le Folgoët died, against 302 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Folgoët is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 9.4 mi away. Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Le Folgoët · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
9.4 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
Few people in Le Folgoët are 15 to 24: 8.7%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with Finistère’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Le Folgoët: 48.1, the median.
48.1median age
Le FolgoëtFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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 B
Fewer people in Le Folgoët are out of work than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.3%
At the census, 7.2% 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 Le Folgoët number 800, against 1,350 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €26,330 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Le Folgoët, 0.6 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Le Folgoët, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Folgoët counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église ou basilique Notre-Dame. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. 2.9% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Le Folgoët’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
95 sales of houses and apartments in Le Folgoët, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,871/m². Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €10.19/m² a month.
€1,871/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Folgoët€1,871/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,869/m²
94
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €14.96/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,100
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Folgoët
Is Le Folgoët safe?
It grades A for safety, #10 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Folgoët good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #28 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Folgoët expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,871/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Folgoët grades B− for cost of living.
About Le Folgoët
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Le Folgoët is a commune of 3,315 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes. 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
3,315 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes
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.
