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The town has 2,210 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
The local economy does well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,222/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Baulon 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 Baulon 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.
Baulon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Baulon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Baulon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Molant, in Bréal-sous-Montfort, 6.4 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Baulon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baulon.
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 14% of the town. Baulon has a median age of 39.7 years.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Baulon | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,790 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Baulon died, against 126 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Baulon can choose among 2 GPs.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,222/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Baulon from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,222/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Baulon.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Baulon is a commune of 2,210 people in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baulon | 2,210 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Goven | 4,359 | 4.2 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 6,391 | 4.9 | A− | C | B | B |
| Guignen | 4,175 | 5.4 | A− | B | A+ | C− |
| Guichen | 9,412 | 6.5 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Mordelles | 7,911 | 7.1 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Val d'Anast | 3,930 | 7.2 | A− | A− | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baulon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 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 €2,222/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Baulon grades B− for cost of living.
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.