At €2,478/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pont-Aven has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pont-Aven 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 Pont-Aven.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Pont-Aven than in Finistère or compared French towns: 32 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
14% of homes were built before 1919. Since 1992, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Pont-Aven: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Deux dolmens.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Older residents shape Pont-Aven: 37% are 65 or over, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
6.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 25% have a degree. The age that splits Pont-Aven in two is 57.3.
57.3median age
Pont-AvenFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Pont-Aven run above what its ages would predict: 107 per 100 expected, more than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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 516 deaths in Pont-Aven from 2016 to 2025; there were 632, 23% more. The nearest emergency department to Pont-Aven is Centre hospitalier Concarneau, 6.8 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Pont-Aven can choose among 3 GPs.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pont-Aven · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Concarneau
18 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pont-Aven 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, €2,478/m², comes from 137 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-Aven from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 137 homes were sold locally. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,478/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-Aven€2,478/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,476/m²
120
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €13.05/m² a month)
6.6
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Pont-Aven, 11.7%, runs above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Pont-Aven number 1,000, against 950 residents in work (1.1 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,800 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 9.1% of working residents in Pont-Aven didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Pont-Aven, 1.1 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Pont-Aven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.3 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 30 offenses were recorded in Pont-Aven. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Other physical violence7
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence18
Drug use5
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.9%
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 · When sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (29.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Église Saint-Amet de Nizon: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame de Trémalo: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Rustéphan: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-Aven
Is Pont-Aven safe?
Pont-Aven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Pont-Aven good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #58 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-Aven 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 €2,478/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pont-Aven grades B− for cost of living.
About Pont-Aven
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Pont-Aven is a commune of 2,777 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.
