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3,663 people call this town in Finistère, Brittany home.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch earns an A−: better than 83% of compared French towns, and #17 of 59 in Finistère. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Finistère is 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 501 residents of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch died, against 334 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 50% more. The nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 14.4 mi away. 5 GPs practise in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
167 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,409/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,409/m² | 167 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 48 offenses recorded in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 23.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch, 90.0% passed the bac, below both Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #44 of 63 in Finistère. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François CollobertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 53 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel des métiers de l'automobileNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 90%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch has 1,800 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 1 per worker. Unemployment is 9.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, lower than Finistère’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Line up the people of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch by age and the one in the middle is 43.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch is Église Saint-Pierre de Quimerch. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch. Best known first.
Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre de Quimerch: Photo: Kilyann Le Hen · CC BY-SA 4.0
4 notable people were born in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | — | A− | A | A | D− |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 4.4 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 6.2 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Briec | 5,816 | 12 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Loperhet | 3,959 | 13 | — | B | — | A− |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 13 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 3,651 | 14 | B+ | A− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #16 of 59 in Finistère.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #44 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,409/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch is a commune of 3,663 people in the Communauté de communes Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.