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Saint-NicFinistère

In Finistère, Brittany, this town has 753 residents.

Is Saint-Nic a good place to live?

Saint-Nic has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Three fifths of its homes are second homes. 30% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-Nic stand out

The 2 things Saint-Nic does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords
Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Nic’s story

Saint-Nic in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Nic counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1926First protected: Église Saint-Nicaise et cimetière
  • 1927Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords
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The data

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

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Nic are 15 to 24: 4.5%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 16% of residents are children under 15. Saint-Nic has a median age of 53.4.

53.4median age
Saint-NicFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

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.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Nic
Saint-NicFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–244.5%9.3%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+30%26%22%
No diploma13%14%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education33%34%30%

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

History

2 historic monuments in Saint-Nic, 1 classé

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Nic is Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Saint-Nic walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.3%

150 jobs are based in Saint-Nic, for 300 working residents (0.5 per worker). The jobless rate is 10.1%. At the census, 7.7% of working residents in Saint-Nic didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Saint-Nic, 0.5 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

A typical home in Saint-Nic sells for €2,496/m²

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

In Saint-Nic, houses go for €2,298/m² and apartments for €2,975/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.61/m² a month. The sales split: 44% houses, the rest apartments.

€2,496/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Nic€2,496/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,298/m²34
Apartments€2,975/m²44
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.31 to €14.54/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

Everything we know about Saint-Nic

13pages on Saint-Nic

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Nic counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Nicaise et cimetière: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Côme et ses abords: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Nic

One notable person was born in Saint-Nic.

Their page →

Saint-Nic’s neighbors

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

All towns in Finistère →
DouarnenezChâteaulinCrozonPont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchPlogonnecLoperhetDouarnenezChâteaulinCrozonPont-de-Buis-lès-QuimerchPlogonnecLoperhetSaint-Nic
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Nic753—————
Douarnenez14,0688.1B−C+C+C−
Châteaulin5,0859.3A−B−B−B
Crozon7,4999.8B+CBC−
Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch3,6639.8A−AAD−
Plogonnec3,23611—B−—C+
Loperhet3,95912—B—A−

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

About Saint-Nic

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Saint-Nic is a commune of 753 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
753 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
7 sq mi (18 km²)
INSEE code
29256

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.