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The town, home to 5,178 people, lies in Finistère, Brittany.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Health is its weak spot (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Scaër grades C+ overall, better than 44% of compared French towns, and ranks #54 of 59 in Finistère. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Cost of living is its strong suit (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is a strength too (A−) — an average of 8.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Scaër does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Scaër 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Scaër; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1933.
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 Scaër.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Finistère can expect 84.8 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 907 residents of Scaër died, against 682 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% more. The nearest emergency department to Scaër is Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve, 12.7 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
5.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 11.0%. At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Scaër didn’t travel to work at all.
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 estimated advertised rent is €10.77/m² a month, below both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Scaër recorded 224 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.87/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,326/m² | 224 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Scaër was family violence (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 70 offenses locally 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 · For other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.7% of residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, close to Finistère’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Scaër is 51 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Scaër | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Scaër; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #56 of 63 in Finistère. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léo FerréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 88%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Scaër has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Sauveur de Coatdry: Photo: Cadouf · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Scaër.
Youenn Gwernig: Herle Denez, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A− for safety, #35 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #56 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Scaër grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Scaër is a commune of 5,178 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé 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
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 October 30, 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.
