Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 13 points below the expected rate. Guipry-Messac ranks #69 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine, with a B− overall. It comes out better than 46% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Police record less crime here than in most towns (A−): an average of 7.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Guipry-Messac 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Guipry-Messac cost less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,838/m²
€1,838/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.83/m² a month, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 282 houses and apartments changed hands in Guipry-Messac from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.84/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guipry-Messac€1,838/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,833/m²
275
€9.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.16/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Guipry-Messac sits below 78% of compared French towns
7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
The graded crime recorded most in Guipry-Messac was criminal damage (2025). 93 offenses were reported in Guipry-Messac during 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Family violence23
Sexual violence14
Burglary13
Other physical violence12
Vehicle theft7
Armed robbery0
Fraud42
Theft without violence22
Drug use9
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.
7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
93
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.8%
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 theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C−
Guipry-Messac is 16.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (62 places) count their residents as Guipry-Messac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 1% below expected. This Ille-et-Vilaine town has 4 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 701 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 633: 11% above.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Guipry-Messac · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Guipry-Messac: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Guipry-Messac has 2 historic monuments 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
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Guipry-Messac than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 28% of adults
43.4median age
Half of Guipry-Messac is older than 43.4, half younger. A fifth of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, in line with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
Guipry-MessacIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Guipry-Messac has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
17%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 17.1% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €25,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 8.3% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport13%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,850
jobs based in Guipry-Messac, 0.5 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Guipry-Messac is a commune of 7,354 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
Population
7,354 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
35.6 sq mi (92.2 km²)
INSEE code
35176
Guipry-Messac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
