Where it does best is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well — 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sizun 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.
Each subject compares Sizun 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Sizun costs less than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.03/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,480/m², below both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 83 homes in Sizun.
€1,480/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sizun€1,480/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,480/m²
83
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.93 to €12.68/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Sizun than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,850 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Sizun has 900 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 9.8% of people in the labour force have no job.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
900
jobs based in Sizun, 0.9 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Sizun has a higher adjusted death rate than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Sizun. Its care home for older people (86 places) counts its residents as Sizun’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Sizun died, against 265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Sizun is Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau, 8.2 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Sizun · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Sizun: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Sizun is Église Saint-Suliau. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Sizun counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Sizun, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, near Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Sizun in two is 44.9.
44.9median age
SizunFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sizun
Is Sizun safe?
Sizun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Sizun good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sizun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sizun grades A− for cost of living.
About Sizun
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Sizun is a commune of 2,325 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
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.
