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In Finistère, Brittany, this town has 2,087 residents.
Schools do well: brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C−). A 70 m² home at the median €2,601/m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Pabu 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 3 things Saint-Pabu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Pabu 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-Pabu 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 Saint-Pabu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Lannoulouarn, in Plouguin, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saint-Pabu. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pabu.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
98.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Pabu, higher than both Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 12.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 98%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €27,830 a year per consumption unit. 8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Finistère’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, close to Finistère’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9%. Half the people of Saint-Pabu are older than 48.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pabu | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 159 deaths in Saint-Pabu between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 177: 10% below. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 90 per 100 expected, below Finistère’s towns (95) and close to compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pabu is Polyclinique de Keraudren, 11.3 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,601/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Pabu from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.16/m² a month, near Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.81/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,646/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Pabu in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Pabu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Pabu 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-Pabu | 2,087 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Landéda | 3,702 | 2.2 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Ploudalmézeau | 6,522 | 3.2 | A+ | B | A+ | C |
| Lannilis | 5,709 | 3.9 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Plouguerneau | 6,755 | 5.5 | A− | B | A | C− |
| Bourg-Blanc | 3,573 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Milizac-Guipronvel | 4,816 | 7.1 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Pabu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,601/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pabu grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Saint-Pabu is a commune of 2,087 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. 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.