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3,675 residents make their home in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Little here grades badly. With an A+ overall, Breteil is better than 98% of compared French towns and ranks #7 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,415/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The one thing Breteil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Breteil 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Breteil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mégalithe, dit Grès de Saint-Méen, in Talensac, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breteil.
Breteil’s tally for 2025: 31 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (24.5% 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.
18.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Breteil: 650, for 1,750 residents in work (0.4 each). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,760 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 196 residents of Breteil died, against 258 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Breteil is Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo, 9.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Breteil can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #43 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine on results. The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 270 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Louis - Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée René CassinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 270 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège Louis GuillouxBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 154 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
35% of adults hold a degree, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. Children are 18% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Breteil | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,415/m²: 115 houses and apartments sold in Breteil between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 80% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,407/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Breteil. Best known first.
Nothing in Breteil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breteil yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breteil | 3,675 | — | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Montfort-sur-Meu | 6,810 | 2.6 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Pleumeleuc | 3,543 | 2.7 | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Cintré | 2,645 | 3 | — | B− | — | B |
| Bédée | 4,662 | 3.1 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Saint-Gilles | 5,576 | 3.1 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Talensac | 2,571 | 3.1 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #43 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,415/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Breteil grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Breteil is a commune of 3,675 people in the Communauté de communes Montfort 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
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 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.