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Some 4,359 people live in this town, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,430/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté. School results trail most towns: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Goven has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Goven does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Goven 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.
Goven has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Goven, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1957.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goven.
Two in five adults hold a degree, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and above compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up nearly a fifth of residents. The age that splits Goven in two is 41.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Goven | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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 (45 places) counts its residents as Goven’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. 299 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 324: 8% below. The nearest emergency department to Goven is Chru de Rennes site Hopital Sud, 10.1 mi away. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.5 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #76 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise ÉlieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 90%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Goven, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
700 jobs are based in Goven, for 2,100 working residents (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income was €27,350 a year per consumption unit, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 3.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.28/m² a month, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.86/m² a month. The sales split: 80% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,355/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Goven, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.8 violent offenses and 5.4 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie figures for Goven show 35 offenses in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 32.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Goven. Best known first.
Goven has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Blossac: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Goven.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Goven has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #76 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Goven grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Goven is a commune of 4,359 people in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne 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
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.