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LopérecFinistère

Home to 828 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.

Is Lopérec a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Lopérec has none.

Calvaire
Calvaire · Classé · Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lopérec’s story

Lopérec in pictures

Lopérec has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Yann Cevaer, born in 1650, is the one person born in Lopérec before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lopérec.

History

Lopérec keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919

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

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1930
first monument protected
24%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

People 65 and over make up 24% of the town, between Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lopérec has a median age of 45.6 years.

45.6median age
LopérecFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lopérec
LopérecFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6427%28%26%
65+24%26%22%
No diploma11%14%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat26%20%18%
Higher education30%34%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Lopérec run lower than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,250 a year per consumption unit

For its 350 residents in work, Lopérec has 200 jobs: 0.6 each. Unemployment runs at 10.5%. Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Lopérec, 0.6 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
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 Lopérec than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.29/m² a month

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

Sales in Lopérec from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €9.03/m² a month.

€8.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lopérec€8.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Finistère median€11.55/m²
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €10.55/m² a month)
€9.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lopérec

11pages on Lopérec

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Lopérec

2 notable people were born in Lopérec.

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Lopérec’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 →
Pont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchPleybenChâteaulinChâteauneuf-du-FaouBriecLoperhetPont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchPleybenChâteaulinChâteauneuf-du-FaouBriecLoperhetLopérec
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lopérec828—————
Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch3,6633.1A−AAD−
Pleyben3,6925.4BA−A−D
Châteaulin5,0856.7A−B−B−B
Châteauneuf-du-Faou3,65112B+A−B−C
Briec5,81613AB−AC−
Loperhet3,95914—B—A−

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

About Lopérec

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Lopérec is a commune of 828 people in the Communauté de communes Monts d'Arrée Communauté. 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
828 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
15.4 sq mi (40 km²)
INSEE code
29139

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.