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Home to 3,574 people, this town lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Households here earn well: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Évarzec has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Évarzec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Évarzec 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.
Saint-Évarzec has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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Saint-Évarzec has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Évarzec.
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, below Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,660 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Saint-Évarzec didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Évarzec’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, close to Finistère’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). 294 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 305: 4% below. Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 2 GPs practise here.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.04/m² a month, near Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 94% were houses. 104 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Évarzec from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,596/m² | 98 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. 4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graduates make up 36% of adults. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 16% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Évarzec | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Évarzec. Best known first.
Saint-Évarzec has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Évarzec yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Évarzec | 3,574 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Pleuven | 3,311 | 2.8 | — | B | — | A− |
| La Forêt-Fouesnant | 3,508 | 3.1 | A− | C | A | C |
| Saint-Yvi | 3,431 | 3.7 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Ergué-Gabéric | 8,606 | 4.2 | A+ | B | A+ | C+ |
| Fouesnant | 10,436 | 4.5 | A− | C | A | B− |
| Gouesnach | 2,836 | 4.9 | — | B− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Évarzec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Évarzec grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Saint-Évarzec is a commune of 3,574 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Fouesnantais. 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.