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Home to 2,055 people, this town lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (D): 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes change hands at a median €1,858/m².
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Domalain 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.
Each subject compares Domalain 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.
Domalain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Domalain does most differently from other towns.
Domalain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Domalain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Melaine: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Domalain.
Unemployment runs at 4.9%. Jobs based in Domalain number 400, against 1,000 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €25,520 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.
Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 68 homes in Domalain.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,847/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are just over a fifth of the town. 16% of residents are 65 or over, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The median resident of Domalain is 40.2 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Domalain | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Domalain’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. 218 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 202: 8% above. The nearest emergency department to Domalain is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 8.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Domalain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Domalain yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Domalain is a commune of 2,055 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domalain | 2,055 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bais | 2,539 | 2.9 | — | A | — | B |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne | 4,554 | 3.9 | A+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Étrelles | 2,703 | 4.7 | — | B | — | A− |
| Argentré-du-Plessis | 4,633 | 5.6 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 8.5 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 8.6 | A | B | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Domalain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 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 Domalain grades A− for cost of living.
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 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.