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Saint-Jean-TrolimonFinistère

A town in Finistère, Brittany, home to 997 people.

Is Saint-Jean-Trolimon a good place to live?

Saint-Jean-Trolimon has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes.

What makes Saint-Jean-Trolimon stand out

The one thing Saint-Jean-Trolimon does most differently from other towns.

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Tronoën
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Tronoën · Classé · Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Jean-Trolimon’s story

Saint-Jean-Trolimon in pictures

Saint-Jean-Trolimon has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1894.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1894First protected: Calvaire en pierre du 16e siècle
  • 1907Most recently protected: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Tronoën
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Landmarks

Saint-Jean-Trolimon has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Calvaire en pierre du 16e siècle: Photo: Vassil · Public domain · Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Tronoën: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-Trolimon.

History

Old homes shape Saint-Jean-Trolimon: 12% were built before 1919, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Jean-Trolimon is Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Tronoën. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1894
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Jean-Trolimon are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns

47.4median age

Degrees are held by 38% of adults, higher than both Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.

Saint-Jean-TrolimonFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Jean-Trolimon
Saint-Jean-TrolimonFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–247.9%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+23%26%22%
No diploma9.4%14%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education38%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 2.6% of commuters in Saint-Jean-Trolimon go to work without a car, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

7.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 450 residents in work, Saint-Jean-Trolimon has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. Households’ median disposable income: €25,410 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Jean-Trolimon, 0.2 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 98% of 193 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Jean-Trolimon93.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Jean-Trolimon97.6%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège LaënnecNearest collègeCollègeCollège16593%−2 pts
Lycée René LaënnecNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée19398%+1 pt
Lycée professionnel René LaënnecBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée4696%+7 pts
98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
96%
passed the vocational bac, +7 pts against the expected rate
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The middle sale price in Saint-Jean-Trolimon: €2,195/m²

€2,195/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €9.61/m² a month. The market in Saint-Jean-Trolimon: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.23/m² a month, about level with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Jean-Trolimon€2,195/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,195/m²35
€11.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.92 to €14.13/m² a month)
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

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Nearby attractions

Oppidum de Tronöen and 6 more in and around Saint-Jean-Trolimon

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Famous people from Saint-Jean-Trolimon

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About Saint-Jean-Trolimon

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Saint-Jean-Trolimon is a commune of 997 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Bigouden Sud. 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
997 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Bigouden Sud
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
INSEE code
29252

Saint-Jean-Trolimon’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Plonéour-LanvernPlomeurPont-l'AbbéGuilvinecPenmarchPlobannalec-LesconilPlonéour-LanvernPlomeurPont-l'AbbéGuilvinecPenmarchPlobannalec-LesconilSaint-Jean-Trolimon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Jean-Trolimon997—————
Plonéour-Lanvern6,4522.3BB−A+C
Plomeur3,9042.5—B−—D
Pont-l'Abbé8,4843.1B+B−C+B−
Guilvinec2,6694.6B+B−BD−
Penmarch5,5084.8B−B−A−C−
Plobannalec-Lesconil3,7184.8B−C+B+D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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 8, 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.