Fougères’s strongest is walkability (A): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The town’s overall grade is B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #67 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Safety is its weak spot: an average of 12.4 recorded violent incidents and 23.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €1,851/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Fougères 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 Fougères.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Fougères are out of work than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,330 a year per consumption unit, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Fougères didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 4.7% of working residents in Fougères to work at the census.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot14%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
12,550
jobs based in Fougères, 1.6 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Fougères runs higher than in 92% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 767 offenses in Fougères. The town comes 73rd of the 75 compared towns in Ille-et-Vilaine on the Safety Grade. With 12,550 jobs for 7,950 working residents, Fougères draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
12.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage292
Family violence124
Theft from vehicles107
Other physical violence84
Sexual violence84
Vehicle theft43
Burglary33
Theft without violence119
Fraud117
Drug use25
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.
12.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
767
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
History
24 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1988
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Fougères is Tour Nichot. Per 10,000 residents, Fougères counts 12 protected monuments, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (2.4) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Since 1988, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Fougères run lower than in 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,715 residents of Fougères died, against 2,874 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its five care homes for older people (433 places) count their residents as Fougères’; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. There are 11 general practitioners in the town. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Ille-et-Vilaine can expect 86 years and a boy 80.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Fougères · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 13% of Fougères, fewer than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Fougères split evenly at 46.6: half are older, half younger.
46.6median age
FougèresIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
Schools
91.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #55 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. At the two general lycées, 97% of 540 candidates passed the bac, 0.8 points below the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Fougères costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,851/m², comes from 831 sales of houses and apartments in Fougères from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Fougères sell for €1,783/m², houses for €1,937/m². Of the homes sold, 51% were houses.
€1,851/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fougères€1,851/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,937/m²
424
Apartments
€1,783/m²
407
€10.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.29 to €13.68/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération
Fabien Lemoine: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Juliette Drouet: Charles-Émile-Callande de Champmartin, Public domain · Paul Lapeira: Hugo LUC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse / After Antoine-Jean Gros, Public domain · Laurent Huard: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maëva Coucke: Y.Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fougères’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fougères
Is Fougères safe?
It grades D for safety, #73 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 292 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fougères good?
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #55 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 99% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent J-B Le Taillandier - site Notre-Dame des Marais in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fougères expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,851/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fougères grades B for cost of living.
About Fougères
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Fougères is a commune of 20,307 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération. 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.
