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It is a town of 1,182 residents in Finistère, Brittany.
School results are strong (B): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is walkability — 11% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,570/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Ségal 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 one thing Saint-Ségal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Ségal 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-Ségal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Ségal: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1958.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ségal.
3.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Saint-Ségal holds 200 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Saint-Ségal didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.2%, below both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Typical age in Saint-Ségal: 39.4, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Ségal | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 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.
Average lifespans in Finistère: 84.8 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Ségal come to 99 per 100 predicted. 67 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 68: 1% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ségal is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 15.4 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 21 candidates. The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 75 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François CollobertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 53 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée Saint-Louis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 75 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 89 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Ségal is Chapelle Saint-Sébastien, arc de triomphe, calvaire et placître. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. 8.7% of its homes were built before 1919, higher 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
36 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Ségal, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,570/m². House rents are put at about €9.61/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.63/m² a month, about level with Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,570/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Ségal has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Sébastien, arc de triomphe, calvaire et placître: Photo: Manfred Escherig · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Ségal 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-Ségal | 1,182 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 3,663 | 1.8 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 2.8 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Pleyben | 3,692 | 4.9 | B | A− | A− | D |
| Briec | 5,816 | 10 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou | 3,651 | 12 | B+ | A− | B− | C |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 12 | — | B− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Ségal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,570/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ségal grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Saint-Ségal is a commune of 1,182 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
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.