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Population 4,804: a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #8 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Nationally, it does better than 98% of compared French towns.
Figures: 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.
Each subject compares Bourgbarré 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 2 things Bourgbarré does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bourgbarré, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
Bourgbarré has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix du 15e siècle: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourgbarré.
Just over one in ten residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by just over two in five adults, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bourgbarré | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 142 residents of Bourgbarré died, against 219 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bourgbarré is Chru de Rennes site Hopital Sud, 6.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Bourgbarré can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Bourgbarré show 64 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5 (2023–2025 average). Family violence topped the graded crimes in Bourgbarré (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.8% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #48 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Andrée RéciponNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 89%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Paul (annexe du collège Saint-Joseph, Bruz) PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,890 a year per consumption unit, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Bourgbarré: 1,500, for 2,450 residents in work (0.6 each). Public transport took 7.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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 sales split: 66% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €10.27/m² a month. The market in Bourgbarré: 163 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,627/m² | 107 |
| Apartments | €2,638/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.1% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and gardens in and near Bourgbarré. Best known first.
GardenJardins Rocambole1.8 km southeast, in Corps-NudsChâteauChâteauChâteau du Châtellier4 km southeast, in Corps-NudsChâteauChâteauChâteau Létard3.8 km north, in Saint-ErblonChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Orgères4.3 km west, in OrgèresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bourgbarré yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bourgbarré is a commune of 4,804 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgbarré | 4,804 | — | A+ | C+ | A | A+ |
| Corps-Nuds | 3,567 | 2 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Orgères | 5,732 | 2.3 | A− | C | B | A+ |
| Saint-Erblon | 3,651 | 2.3 | A− | C | B | A |
| Vern-sur-Seiche | 8,207 | 3.8 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 8,359 | 4 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Pont-Péan | 4,245 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #11 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #48 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.08/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourgbarré grades C+ 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 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.