Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,645 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Cintré’s schools beat most: brevet results at the expected rate. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. At the median price of €2,471/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Rennes Métropole. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cintré has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Cintré does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cintré 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.
Cintré has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cintré 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, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cintré.
Graduates make up 38% of adults. 11% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cintré | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #35 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. A collège lies 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Yves PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Morvan LebesqueBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
3.4% of Cintré’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.2%, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,050 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Average lifespans in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women, 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 107 deaths in Cintré from 2016 to 2025; there were 91, 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cintré is Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo, 8.5 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,471/m²: 66 houses and apartments sold in Cintré between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 95% of what sold. The estimated advertised rent is €11.60/m² a month, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,476/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Cintré. Best known first.
Nothing in Cintré is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cintré.
Gérard Cousseau: Régis THOMAS, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cintré | 2,645 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Talensac | 2,571 | 2.4 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Mordelles | 7,911 | 2.5 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Breteil | 3,675 | 3 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| L'Hermitage | 4,730 | 3.2 | A | C | B | B+ |
| Saint-Gilles | 5,576 | 3.6 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Le Rheu | 9,839 | 3.9 | A | C | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cintré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #35 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 €2,471/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cintré grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Cintré is a commune of 2,645 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
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.
