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1,703 residents make their home in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot: 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,992/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Erbrée 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 Erbrée 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.
Erbrée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Erbrée does most differently from other towns.
Erbrée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Erbrée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château des Nétumières: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Erbrée.
5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €27,740 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.
Sales in Erbrée from July 2023 to June 2026: 49 houses and apartments. Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,996/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Erbrée come to 80 per 100 predicted. 86 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 20% below. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Erbrée is older than 44.1, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Erbrée | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Erbrée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Erbrée. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Erbrée yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Erbrée is a commune of 1,703 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erbrée | 1,703 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Argentré-du-Plessis | 4,633 | 3.7 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 4.2 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Étrelles | 2,703 | 4.7 | — | B | — | A− |
| Loiron-Ruillé Mayenne | 2,758 | 8.7 | — | A− | — | A |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 10 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bais | 2,539 | 10 | — | A | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Erbrée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Erbrée 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 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.