Few extremes here. Combourg’s overall grade, B, puts it better than just over three fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #60 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Households here earn well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,328/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, C+ for schools, B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
How Combourg grades
Each subject compares Combourg 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Combourg.
Who lives here
Combourg skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Half of Combourg is older than 46.4, half younger.
46.4median age
CombourgIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
More commuters in Combourg walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 17.4%
The median disposable income was €25,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried just over a tenth of working residents in Combourg to work at the census. At the census, 5.8% of working residents in Combourg didn’t travel to work at all.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport11%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,850
jobs based in Combourg, 1.1 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Combourg sees less crime than 60% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Combourg were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 136 offenses here in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.4 cases of violence against people and 11.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
7.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage53
Other physical violence27
Family violence18
Burglary16
Sexual violence14
Vehicle theft8
Fraud40
Theft without violence33
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.
7.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
136
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Combourg: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 3. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2018. On the Culture ministry’s list, Combourg counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit2
15th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
2018
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Median price in Combourg: €2,328/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.68/m² a month, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 81% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.97/m² a month.
€2,328/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Combourg€2,328/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,328/m²
166
Apartments
€2,336/m²
38
€11.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.67 to €15.73/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Combourg, 96.0% passed the bac, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #69 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Combourg records 87 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 794 deaths in Combourg from 2016 to 2025; there were 777, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Combourg is Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven, 14.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Combourg can choose among 12 GPs. 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.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Combourg · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Dinan Rene Pleven
18.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chp Saint Gregoire
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Combourg
Is Combourg safe?
It grades B for safety, #44 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Combourg good?
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns and #69 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. 96% of 216 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François-René de Chateaubriand in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Combourg expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Combourg grades C+ for cost of living.
About Combourg
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Combourg is a commune of 6,411 people in the Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique. 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
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.
