Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 618 people, lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Bovel isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. It skews young: only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Bovel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bovel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière en pierre, in Val d'Anast, 4.3 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bovel 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 Bovel.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 29% of adults.
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bovel | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Bovel number 50, against 300 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €24,100 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment stands at 8.3%.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 17 homes were sold in Bovel.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Bovel. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bovel yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bovel is a commune of 618 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovel | 618 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Val d'Anast | 3,930 | 4.1 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Guignen | 4,175 | 5.3 | A− | B | A+ | C− |
| Plélan-le-Grand | 4,076 | 6.8 | B | B− | B− | B |
| Goven | 4,359 | 7 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Guer Morbihan | 6,208 | 7.8 | A | A− | C+ | B |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 6,391 | 8.1 | A− | C | B | B |
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 8, 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.