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A town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, home to 1,426 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,636/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Coësmes 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 one thing Coësmes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coësmes 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.
Coësmes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Coësmes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Roche-aux-Fées, in Essé, 4 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coësmes.
The unemployment rate comes to 7.2%. At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €24,930 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Coësmes recorded 42 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,636/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Coësmes | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Coësmes is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 10.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 98 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 8% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Coësmes 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 Coësmes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coësmes | 1,426 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 3.5 | A | B | A | A− |
| Martigné-Ferchaud | 2,688 | 5.9 | — | B | — | C |
| Janzé | 8,649 | 6.4 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Piré-Chancé | 3,224 | 9.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Corps-Nuds | 3,567 | 9.9 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne | 4,554 | 10 | A+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coësmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coësmes grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Coësmes is a commune of 1,426 people in the Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées 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.