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With 1,536 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C). Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bonnemain 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.
The 2 things Bonnemain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bonnemain 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.
Bonnemain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bonnemain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes de l'ancienne abbaye, in Le Tronchet, 3.6 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bonnemain.
700 jobs are based in Bonnemain, for 650 working residents (1 per worker). 7.4% 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. Unemployment is 10.0%.
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.
Homes sold for a median €1,983/m², below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 80 homes in Bonnemain.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,983/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 21% of the population here. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and near compared French towns (11%). Bonnemain has a median age of 40.9 years.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bonnemain | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bonnemain is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 12.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 114 residents of Bonnemain died, against 129 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Bonnemain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Bonnemain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnemain | 1,536 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Combourg | 6,411 | 4.1 | B | C+ | B | B− |
| Mesnil-Roc'h | 4,492 | 5.3 | B | B− | A+ | C |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 5.4 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| Plerguer | 2,895 | 5.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Miniac-Morvan | 4,408 | 7 | B | B− | A | C− |
| Saint-Domineuc | 2,619 | 8.4 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bonnemain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bonnemain grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bonnemain is a commune of 1,536 people in the Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique. 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 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.