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With 1,012 residents, it is a town in Finistère, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (D): 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Rosnoën 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.
The 2 things Rosnoën does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rosnoën 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.
Rosnoën has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rosnoën as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison du 16e siècle, in Le Faou, 1.9 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Rosnoën. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rosnoën.
The census found 6.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 10.5%, higher than Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €25,960 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Graduates make up two in five adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Rosnoën | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.03/m² a month. Rosnoën recorded 32 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.63/m² a month, close to Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,849/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Rosnoën’s deaths ran at 89 per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and below Finistère’s towns (95). 80 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 90: 11% below. The nearest emergency department to Rosnoën is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 12.4 mi away. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Rosnoën is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rosnoën.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosnoën | 1,012 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | 4.7 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 7 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Loperhet | 3,959 | 9 | — | B | — | A− |
| Plougastel-Daoulas | 13,434 | 11 | B+ | C | B+ | C |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 11 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 13 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rosnoën has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rosnoën grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Rosnoën is a commune of 1,012 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 4, 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.