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LennonFinistère

Some 812 people live in this town, in Finistère, Brittany.

Is Lennon a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Lennon is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 12% of its housing. The median price paid is €1,194/m².

What makes Lennon stand out

The 2 things Lennon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-Maudet
Chapelle Saint-Maudet · Inscrit · Photo: Eurasia21eu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lennon’s story

Lennon in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lennon; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1952.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1952First protected: Chapelle Saint-Maudet
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lennon.

Who lives here

Lennon has fewer older residents than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are 65 or over

Children are 18% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Finistère’s towns (9.3%). Residents of Lennon have a median age of 44.1.

44.1median age
LennonFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lennon
LennonFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6432%28%26%
65+16%26%22%
No diploma8.3%14%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%20%18%
Higher education31%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Lennon keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lennon; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1952
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 6.3% of commuters in Lennon go to work without a car, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,080 a year. Lennon holds 100 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 8.6%, near Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Lennon, 0.3 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lennon than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.02/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Lennon from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments.

€1,194/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Lennon€1,194/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,194/m²33
€8.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.26 to €10.27/m² a month)
€9.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lennon

12pages on Lennon

Landmarks

Lennon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle Saint-Maudet: Photo: Eurasia21eu · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Lennon

One notable person was born in Lennon.

Their page →

Lennon’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Finistère →
PleybenChâteauneuf-du-FaouChâteaulinBriecPont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchElliantPleybenChâteauneuf-du-FaouChâteaulinBriecPont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchElliantLennon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lennon812—————
Pleyben3,6923.6BA−A−D
Châteauneuf-du-Faou3,6513.8B+A−B−C
Châteaulin5,0858.6A−B−B−B
Briec5,8168.7AB−AC−
Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch3,6639.8A−AAD−
Elliant3,42714—B—D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lennon

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Lennon is a commune of 812 people in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. 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
812 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
8.8 sq mi (22.8 km²)
INSEE code
29123

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.