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This town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany has a population of 1,010.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (D).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Billé 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 Billé 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.
Billé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Billé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Billé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre-d'Iné, in Fougères, 4.2 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Billé 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 Billé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 55 residents of Billé died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Billé is Centre hospitalier de Fougeres, 5.3 mi away.
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.
Billé has 100 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,930 a year per consumption unit.
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 market in Billé: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. The age that splits Billé in two is 44.2. 22% of residents are 65 or over, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (22%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Billé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Billé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Billé is a commune of 1,010 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billé | 1,010 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 4.7 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Fougères | 20,307 | 5 | B− | B | D | B+ |
| Lécousse | 3,530 | 5.2 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 4,203 | 7.6 | A+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 8.1 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Maen Roch | 5,088 | 9.3 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Billé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.