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Home to 424 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Lothey has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lothey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame des Trois-Fontaines, in Gouézec, 2.4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lothey.
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Finistère’s towns (15%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lothey | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Lothey counts 0.8 jobs (150 jobs, 200 workers). At the census, 4.3% 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%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,510 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Lothey, 97.4% passed the bac, near Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Louis PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Louis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 75 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean MoulinBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Lothey: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.09/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lothey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lothey as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lothey | 424 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 3 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 4.2 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Briec | 5,816 | 5.8 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | 6.4 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 3,651 | 9.5 | B+ | A− | B− | C |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 9.8 | — | B− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Lothey is a commune of 424 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
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.