Homes are affordable (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Melgven has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Melgven with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Melgven.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Melgven sees more deaths than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 108 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Melgven can choose among 3 GPs. In Finistère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 327 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 353, 8% more.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Melgven · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Concarneau
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Melgven has lower unemployment than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 1,450 residents in work, Melgven has 600 jobs: 0.4 each. Households’ median disposable income: €25,870 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Melgven, 0.4 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Melgven than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,202/m², comes from 138 sales of houses and apartments in Melgven from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.01/m² a month. Houses were 99% of what sold.
€2,202/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Melgven€2,202/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,203/m²
137
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €13.05/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Melgven, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Melgven is Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez Guen. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.4% of the total, higher than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Melgven has fewer young adults than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, close to Finistère’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
48.8median age
MelgvenFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Melgven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in Melgven in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.6 violent offenses and 7.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary21
Family violence5
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence9
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
39.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 39.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Keranevel and 2 more in and around Melgven
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Melgven
Is Melgven safe?
Melgven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Is Melgven expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,202/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Melgven grades B for cost of living.
About Melgven
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Melgven is a commune of 3,371 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. 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.
