Pupils here do better than most: bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points above the expected rate. Saint-Pol-de-Léon ranks #38 of 59 in Finistère, with a B+ overall. That leaves it better than 69% of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,043/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté. The trade-off is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Dolmen de Boutouiller, appelé aussi dolmen de Keranguez ou de Kerivin · Classé · Photo: Kergourlay · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Pol-de-Léon’s story
Saint-Pol-de-Léon in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Saint-Pol-de-Léon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 13 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 26 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
11% 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-Pol-de-Léon.
History
Saint-Pol-de-Léon is rich in protected monuments: 26 per 10,000 residents, more than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Saint-Pol-de-Léon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 13 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen de Boutouiller, appelé aussi dolmen de Keranguez ou de Kerivin. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Schools around Saint-Pol-de-Léon do better than those of 86% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Pol-de-Léon, 93.4% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 93% of 44 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Results rank its schools #26 of 63 in Finistère.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Saint-Pol-de-Léon has a higher adjusted death rate than 82% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Adjusted mortality locally: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 957 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,177, 23% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pol-de-Léon is C H des Pays de Morlaix, 10.6 mi away.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Pol-de-Léon · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
10.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, C H des Pays de Morlaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 32% of people in Saint-Pol-de-Léon are 65 or over, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by 29% of adults, lower than Finistère’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Saint-Pol-de-Léon is 52.2 years old.
52.2median age
Saint-Pol-de-LéonFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Saint-Pol-de-Léon run lower than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,840 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Saint-Pol-de-Léon counts 1.5 jobs (3,950 jobs, 2,700 workers). No commute at all: 4.4% of working residents locally at the census. 10.0% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Finistère’s towns (8.9%).
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot9%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,950
jobs based in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, 1.5 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Pol-de-Léon is lower than in 55% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.3 violent offenses and 12.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 129 offenses in Saint-Pol-de-Léon in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
8.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage57
Family violence20
Sexual violence18
Other physical violence17
Burglary9
Vehicle theft8
Drug use47
Theft without violence41
Fraud36
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.
8.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
129
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B−
Saint-Pol-de-Léon’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,126/m² in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, apartments for €1,757/m². The median price, €2,043/m², comes from 266 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.96/m² a month, below both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,043/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pol-de-Léon€2,043/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,126/m²
199
Apartments
€1,757/m²
67
€10.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.67 to €13.86/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Saint-Pol-de-Léon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 13 inscrit (the second level).
Fontaine dite de la Gloire: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Paul-Aurélien: Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame du Creisker ou Kreisker: Photo: Kergourlay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vasque de Keilinsky, ou de Kerliviry: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louis Floch: Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gérard Jaffrès: Jean-Yves Guillerm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacques Simon: Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-72795-0001,_Friedensfahrt,_Mannschaft_aus_Frankreich.jpg : Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Daniel Cueff: Briand Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eugène Bérest: Eugène Berest a donné cette photo de lui à mes parents en 1950., CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Pol-de-Léon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Is Saint-Pol-de-Léon safe?
It grades B for safety, #44 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Pol-de-Léon good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #26 of 63 in Finistère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 245 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre Dame du Kreisker in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Pol-de-Léon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,043/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pol-de-Léon grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Saint-Pol-de-Léon is a commune of 6,941 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Léon Communauté. 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
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.
