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CuguenIlle-et-Vilaine

This town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany has a population of 828.

Is Cuguen a good place to live?

Cuguen is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Château de la Roche-Montbourcher
Château de la Roche-Montbourcher · Inscrit · Photo: Pierre Lapointe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cuguen’s story

Cuguen in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Cuguen: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Menhir dit La Pierre-Longue
  • 1995Most recently protected: Château de la Roche-Montbourcher
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Cuguen: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Menhir dit La Pierre-Longue: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Roche-Montbourcher: Photo: Pierre Lapointe · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cuguen.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Cuguen than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

41.9median age

Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.5% of residents. Cuguen has a median age of 41.9.

CuguenIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cuguen
CuguenIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–248.5%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+19%19%22%
No diploma21%14%19%
CAP or BEP34%23%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education22%39%30%

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

History

Cuguen keeps more of its old housing than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 39% built before 1919

2historic monuments

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Cuguen is Menhir dit La Pierre-Longue. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Cuguen run lower than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,060 a year per consumption unit

8%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 8.0% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs located in Cuguen: 100, for 350 residents in work (0.3 each). 9.7% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Cuguen, 0.3 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
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 Cuguen than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.33/m² a month

€10.33/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Sales in Cuguen from July 2023 to June 2026: 18 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cuguen€10.33/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.29 to €12.87/m² a month)
€8.89/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 Cuguen

12pages on Cuguen
Nearby attractions

Pierre Longue and 2 more in and around Cuguen

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Cuguen. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Cuguen

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cuguen yet.

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About Cuguen

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Cuguen is a commune of 828 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

Population
828 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
9.2 sq mi (23.9 km²)
INSEE code
35092

Cuguen’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 →
CombourgDol-de-BretagneVal-CouesnonSens-de-BretagneMesnil-Roc'hPlerguerCombourgDol-de-BretagneVal-CouesnonSens-de-BretagneMesnil-Roc'hPlerguerCuguen
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cuguen828—————
Combourg6,4114.5BC+BB−
Dol-de-Bretagne5,8298.1C+CD−C+
Val-Couesnon4,0728.7AAB−B+
Sens-de-Bretagne2,5929.4—A−—A−
Mesnil-Roc'h4,49210BB−A+C
Plerguer2,89510—B—B−

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 9, 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.