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Saint-VougayFinistère

This town in Finistère, Brittany has a population of 873.

Is Saint-Vougay a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Vougay has none. Homes change hands at a median €1,534/m².

What makes Saint-Vougay stand out

The one thing Saint-Vougay does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Kerjean
Château de Kerjean · Classé · Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Vougay’s story

Saint-Vougay in pictures

Saint-Vougay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.

  • 1911First protected: Château de Kerjean
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Landmarks

Saint-Vougay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de Kerjean: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

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

History

Saint-Vougay: 1 historic monument, 1 classé

1historic monument

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Vougay is Château de Kerjean. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.9% of the total, higher than both Finistère’s towns (5.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1911
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Saint-Vougay are under 15, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns

43.9median age

The 15-to-24 age group: 8.8%, below Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. The median resident of Saint-Vougay is 43.9 years old.

Saint-VougayFinistère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Vougay
Saint-VougayFinistère medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–248.8%9.3%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+20%26%22%
No diploma16%14%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%20%18%
Higher education24%34%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Vougay than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 4.0%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,880 a year per consumption unit. For its 400 residents in work, Saint-Vougay has 200 jobs: 0.5 each. No commute at all: 7.8% of working residents in the town at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Vougay, 0.5 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,880
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

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Vougay than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.99/m² a month

€1,534/m²median sale price

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

The market in Saint-Vougay: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Vougay€1,534/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,534/m²34
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.65/m² a month)
€8.50/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-Vougay

13pages on Saint-Vougay
Nearby attractions

Château de Kerjean and 4 more in and around Saint-Vougay

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Vougay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Vougay

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Vougay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Saint-Vougay

Commune in Finistère, Brittany

Saint-Vougay is a commune of 873 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau. 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
873 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
5.8 sq mi (14.9 km²)
INSEE code
29271

Saint-Vougay’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 →
PlouvornPlouescatCléderLandivisiauPlouénanLesnevenPlouvornPlouescatCléderLandivisiauPlouénanLesnevenSaint-Vougay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Vougay873—————
Plouvorn2,9165—A−—C
Plouescat3,5545—B+—D
Cléder3,5845.3—B—D
Landivisiau9,4266.6A−BBC
Plouénan2,6107.6—A−—D
Lesneven7,5668.3ABA−B

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

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.