Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Locronan.
Who lives here
Locronan has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults. 14% are under 15, lower than both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Locronan by age and the one in the middle is 50.5.
50.5median age
LocronanFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
History
Locronan: 23 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2025. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 19 of 23. Among the classé monuments in Locronan is Camp des Salles, désigné sous le nom Goarem-ar-Salud.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Locronan, 7.6%, runs below Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Locronan number 850, against 350 residents in work (2.4 per worker). At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Locronan didn’t travel to work at all. 8.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, near Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
850
jobs based in Locronan, 2.4 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Locronan
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Locronan is a commune of 829 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. 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
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.
