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1,956 people call this town in Finistère, Brittany home.
Where it does best is jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability — just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,541/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Thonan 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-Thonan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Thonan 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-Thonan 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-Thonan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Motte féodale et camp de Lesquellen, in Plabennec, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Thonan.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 45% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Thonan | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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.
In Finistère, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 50 residents of Saint-Thonan died, against 72 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
At the census, 3.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €29,050 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,541/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Thonan from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,568/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Thonan. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Thonan 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-Thonan 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-Thonan | 1,956 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Ploudaniel | 3,732 | 3.8 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Landerneau | 16,363 | 3.9 | A− | C+ | C+ | B |
| Plouédern | 3,103 | 3.9 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Plabennec | 8,686 | 4.4 | A | C+ | A+ | C |
| Guipavas | 15,538 | 5 | A− | C | B− | B |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon | 11,897 | 6 | A− | C− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Thonan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,541/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.76/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Thonan grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Saint-Thonan is a commune of 1,956 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. 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.