The picture is mixed. Safety is its strong suit (A+): an average of 3.6 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. Riec-sur-Bélon ranks #30 of 59 in Finistère, with a B+ overall. Set against the rest, it does better than three quarters of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,423/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté. Getting around depends on the car (C): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Riec-sur-Bélon 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.
Dolmen de Kerscao: Photo: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stèle protohistorique: Photo: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 4.0 · château de Belon: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allée couverte: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riec-sur-Bélon.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Riec-sur-Bélon than in 95% of compared French towns
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Riec-sur-Bélon was criminal damage (2025). All told, Riec-sur-Bélon had 54 recorded offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Burglary17
Family violence9
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
54
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.8%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 19.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Riec-sur-Bélon are 65 or over, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
54.5median age
13% are under 15, lower than both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 7% of the population. Riec-sur-Bélon has a median age of 54.5.
Riec-sur-BélonFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Only 5.7% of commuters in Riec-sur-Bélon go to work without a car, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Riec-sur-Bélon: 1,350, for 1,650 residents in work (0.8 each). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,740 a year.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Riec-sur-Bélon, 0.8 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Riec-sur-Bélon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 68% of compared French towns
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 507 residents of Riec-sur-Bélon died, against 535 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, about level with Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Riec-sur-Bélon is Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve, 6.8 mi away. This Finistère town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Riec-sur-Bélon · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve
16.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Riec-sur-Bélon keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 11% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Riec-sur-Bélon has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Allée couverte. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Riec-sur-Bélon costs less than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.49/m² a month
€2,423/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,423/m²: 172 houses and apartments sold in Riec-sur-Bélon between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 172 homes were sold in the town.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Riec-sur-Bélon€2,423/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,413/m²
168
€10.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.47 to €12.98/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté
Riec-sur-Bélon is a commune of 4,376 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté. 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
4,376 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
21.1 sq mi (54.6 km²)
INSEE code
29236
Riec-sur-Bélon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Riec-sur-Bélon
Is Riec-sur-Bélon safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #8 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Is Riec-sur-Bélon 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 €2,423/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Riec-sur-Bélon grades B− for cost of living.
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.
