Pont-Croix’s strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 5.8 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,062/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pont-Croix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pont-Croix 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-Croix.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Pont-Croix, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.8% of the town.
59.3median age
Pont-CroixFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 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
Schools
Schools around Pont-Croix do better than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Pont-Croix, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.1 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Pont-Croix beats 89% of compared French towns on foot
Unemployment runs at 8.2%. 17.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,160 a year per consumption unit. For its 550 residents in work, Pont-Croix has 850 jobs: 1.5 each.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot8%
Public transport7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Pont-Croix, 1.5 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Pont-Croix: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Pont-Croix is Église Notre-Dame de Roscudon. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2003.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Pont-Croix is above 60% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (165 places) count their residents as Pont-Croix’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. 466 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 331: 41% above. The nearest emergency department to Pont-Croix is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 8.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Pont-Croix can choose among 10 GPs.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Pont-Croix · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez
18.8 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
58 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-Croix, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,062/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.26/m² a month, near Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold.
€2,062/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-Croix€2,062/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,062/m²
56
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.26/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Pont-Croix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
In all, 7 offenses reached the police record in Pont-Croix in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.9 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Fraud14
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
88.0%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 88.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-Croix
Is Pont-Croix safe?
Pont-Croix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Pont-Croix good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-Croix expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,062/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-Croix grades B− for cost of living.
About Pont-Croix
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Pont-Croix is a commune of 1,669 people in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. 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.
