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BléruaisIlle-et-Vilaine

The town, home to 97 people, lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Is Bléruais a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Bléruais has none.

Bléruais’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bléruais’ story

No historic monuments in Bléruais

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bléruais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Méen, in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, 6.3 mi away.

47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

Nothing in Bléruais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bléruais.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Bléruais than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 11% are under 15

49.3median age

Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Bléruais are older than 49.3.

BléruaisIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat29%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bléruais
BléruaisIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1511%18%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6438%26%26%
65+18%19%22%
No diploma25%14%19%
CAP or BEP23%23%26%
Baccalauréat29%18%18%
Higher education22%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Bléruais, 14.8%, runs above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns

7%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Bléruais, 0.2 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bléruais costs less than in both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.39/m² a month

€10.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 6 homes were sold in Bléruais.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bléruais€10.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€10.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.44 to €12.78/m² a month)
€9.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bléruais

12pages on Bléruais
Nearby attractions

Tombeau de Merlin and 5 more in and around Bléruais

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Bléruais. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Bléruais

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bléruais yet.

How we find them →

About Bléruais

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Bléruais is a commune of 97 people in the Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban. 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

Population
97 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
INSEE code
35026

Bléruais’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ille-et-Vilaine →
IffendicSaint-Méen-le-GrandMontauban-de-BretagneMontfort-sur-MeuPlélan-le-GrandMauronIffendicSaint-Méen-le-GrandMontauban-de-BretagneMontfort-sur-MeuPlélan-le-GrandMauronBléruais
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bléruais97—————
Iffendic4,6094.2—B+—A−
Saint-Méen-le-Grand4,6536.3B+B+B−B−
Montauban-de-Bretagne6,5977AC+B+B
Montfort-sur-Meu6,8107.6AC+A−B+
Plélan-le-Grand4,0767.9BB−B−B
Mauron Morbihan3,1638.4CB+B+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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 9, 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.