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Home to 1,108 people, this town lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Buying 70 m² at the median €2,400/m² takes 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. A third of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 38% of residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cherrueix 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 Cherrueix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cherrueix 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.
Cherrueix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Cherrueix; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cherrueix.
Degrees are held by 21% of adults, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 38% of the town. Under-15s account for 12% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cherrueix | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 3 are industrial sites. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Cherrueix. The nearest emergency department to Cherrueix is Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais, 13.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 158 residents of Cherrueix died, against 174 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Average lifespans in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women, 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,400/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Cherrueix from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,358/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,820 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550). The unemployment rate comes to 8.3%. No commute at all: 7.1% of working residents in Cherrueix at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Cherrueix. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Cherrueix; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Moulin à vent numéro 2, dit de la Colinassière: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moulin à vent numéro 3: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Cherrueix as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrueix | 1,108 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 4.3 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| La Fresnais | 2,509 | 6.1 | — | B | — | C |
| Plerguer | 2,895 | 8.2 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cancale | 5,672 | 8.6 | B | C− | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes | 4,720 | 9.2 | B+ | C | A | B |
| Miniac-Morvan | 4,408 | 10 | B | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cherrueix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,400/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cherrueix grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Cherrueix is a commune of 1,108 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. 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.
