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ChampeauxIlle-et-Vilaine

The town has 505 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Is Champeaux a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Champeaux out for now. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.

What makes Champeaux stand out

The one thing Champeaux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château d'Epinay (ancien château de la Rivière)
Château d'Epinay (ancien château de la Rivière) · Classé · Photo: Pierre Lapointe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Champeaux’s story

Champeaux in pictures

Champeaux has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1910First protected: Ancienne collégiale, actuellement église Sainte-Marie-Madel…
  • 1946Most recently protected: Château d'Epinay (ancien château de la Rivière)
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Landmarks

Champeaux has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Ancienne collégiale, actuellement église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château d'Epinay (ancien château de la Rivière): Photo: Pierre Lapointe · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champeaux.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Champeaux are under 15, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns

40.5median age

Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents. Line up the people of Champeaux by age and the one in the middle is 40.5.

ChampeauxIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Champeaux
ChampeauxIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1521%18%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+13%19%22%
No diploma14%14%19%
CAP or BEP30%23%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education28%39%30%

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

History

Champeaux keeps more of its old housing than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Champeaux is Château d'Epinay (ancien château de la Rivière). The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Champeaux are out of work than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs located in Champeaux: 50, for 250 residents in work (0.1 each). 4.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,530 a year.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Champeaux, 0.1 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Champeaux than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.42/m² a month

€8.42/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Sales in Champeaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Champeaux€8.42/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.01 to €10.10/m² a month)
€8.80/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 Champeaux

12pages on Champeaux
Nearby attractions

Château de l'Espinay and 3 more in and around Champeaux

Heritage in and near Champeaux. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Champeaux

Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Champeaux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Champeaux

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Champeaux is a commune of 505 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré 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

Population
505 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
4 sq mi (10.4 km²)
INSEE code
35052

Champeaux’s 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 →
Val-d'IzéChâteaubourgVitréLa BouëxièreServon-sur-VilaineÉtrellesVal-d'IzéChâteaubourgVitréLa BouëxièreServon-sur-VilaineÉtrellesChampeaux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Champeaux505—————
Val-d'Izé2,6202.6—A−—B+
Châteaubourg7,5334.7ACA−A−
Vitré19,3654.9AC+B−A−
La Bouëxière4,6676.6A+B+A+A−
Servon-sur-Vilaine4,1527.2—B−—A+
Étrelles2,7037.4—B—A−

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 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.