Chapelle Saint-Aubin, située au hameau de Lanvaïdic: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mairie-école, église Saint-Nicolas, la fontaine et le poste de douane: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Port-Launay.
History
Port-Launay keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Port-Launay has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Port-Launay than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
48.7median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population. 21% of residents are 65 or over, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Port-Launay has a median age of 48.7 years.
Port-LaunayFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Only 2.9% of commuters in Port-Launay go to work without a car, fewer than in both Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
Port-Launay has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,550 a year. 3.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Port-Launay, 0.2 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
95.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.8 points above the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Port-Launay, 96.7% passed the bac, close to Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Port-Launay is €12.36/m² a month
€12.36/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 87% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.61/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 23 homes were sold in Port-Launay.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Port-Launay€12.36/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Finistère median€11.55/m²
€12.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.59 to €15.92/m² a month)
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Port-Launay is a commune of 404 people in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. 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
Population
404 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.9 km²)
INSEE code
29222
Port-Launay’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
