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A town of 6,874 in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Crime is low: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #11 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. That leaves it better than 97% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Acigné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Acigné 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 lists 1 historic monument in Acigné, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 2012.
Prosper Chubert, born in 1884, is the one person born in Acigné before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Acigné.
In all, 88 offenses reached the police record in Acigné in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Acigné (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 sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 404 residents of Acigné died, against 474 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #29 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 96%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Acigné: €3,026/m² for houses, €3,093/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €12.88/m² a month, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 62% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,026/m² | 111 |
| Apartments | €3,093/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.8%, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Acigné holds 2,050 jobs; 3,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.7% of working residents in Acigné didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). 18% of residents are 65 or over. Half the people of Acigné are older than 41.9.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Acigné | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. 5.7% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Acigné. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des Ongléesin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Boisselleriein townMuseumMuseumEspace Eco-Chanvre3.7 km south, in Noyal-sur-VilaineChâteauChâteauChâteau du Gué5 km southeast, in Servon-sur-VilaineChâteauChâteauManoir de Tizé4.5 km west, in Thorigné-FouillardPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Acigné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château des Onglées: Photo: Fanchonline · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Acigné.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acigné | 6,874 | — | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Noyal-sur-Vilaine | 6,269 | 1.7 | A+ | C+ | B+ | A |
| Thorigné-Fouillard | 8,667 | 2.7 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Servon-sur-Vilaine | 4,152 | 3.4 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Cesson-Sévigné | 18,761 | 3.9 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Domloup | 3,877 | 5 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Liffré | 9,339 | 5.1 | A | C | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #16 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #29 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Acigné grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Acigné is a commune of 6,874 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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.