Porspoder has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 7% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,697/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Porspoder stand out
The 2 things Porspoder does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Porspoder 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Porspoder’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 357 residents of Porspoder died, against 304 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Its care home for older people (81 places) counts its residents as Porspoder’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Porspoder · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital la Cavale Blanche
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Keraudren
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Porspoder: 11 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Porspoder has 63 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Finistère’s towns (5) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments in Porspoder is Alignement de Traonigou.
Alignement de Traonigou: Photo: Gerhard Haubold · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alignement formé par les quatre menhirs de Saint-Denec: Photo: Faboss29 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cromlech Pors-an-Toullou et Ar-Verret: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Deux menhirs de Mesdoun: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Porspoder
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Porspoder yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Porspoder
Is Porspoder safe?
Porspoder has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Porspoder expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,697/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.16/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Porspoder grades B for cost of living.
About Porspoder
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Porspoder is a commune of 1,753 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise. 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.
