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LeuhanFinistère

Home to 846 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.

Is Leuhan a good place to live?

Leuhan isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes. Homes go for a median €1,074/m².

What makes Leuhan stand out

The 2 things Leuhan does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Leuhan’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Leuhan’s story

No historic monuments in Leuhan

The Culture ministry lists no building in Leuhan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Kermez, ou de Kermaez, in Laz, 1.8 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leuhan.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Leuhan are 65 or over, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, higher than Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and near compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 23% of adults. Leuhan has a median age of 43.2.

43.2median age
LeuhanFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Leuhan
LeuhanFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+17%26%22%
No diploma14%14%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%20%18%
Higher education23%34%30%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Leuhan than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,200 a year per consumption unit

For its 400 residents in work, Leuhan has 200 jobs: 0.5 each. At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 9.2%.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Leuhan, 0.5 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Leuhan costs less than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.02/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €7.78/m² a month. The market in Leuhan: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,074/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Leuhan€1,074/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,074/m²40
€8.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.26 to €10.27/m² a month)
€7.78/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 Leuhan

12pages on Leuhan

Landmarks

Nothing in Leuhan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Leuhan

One notable person was born in Leuhan.

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Leuhan’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 →
ScaërChâteauneuf-du-FaouGourinElliantRospordenBriecScaërChâteauneuf-du-FaouGourinElliantRospordenBriecLeuhan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Leuhan846—————
Scaër5,1786.3C+A−A−D
Châteauneuf-du-Faou3,6516.4B+A−B−C
Gourin Morbihan3,9608.5B+BBC−
Elliant3,4278.6—B—D
Rosporden7,5509.9B−BBC−
Briec5,81610AB−AC−

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

About Leuhan

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Leuhan is a commune of 846 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille. 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
846 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
12.6 sq mi (32.7 km²)
INSEE code
29125

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 October 30, 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.