Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, this town has 1,382 residents.
Hirel’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 12% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Just over a fifth of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Hirel 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 Hirel 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.
Hirel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Hirel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hirel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre du 16e siècle, in Roz-Landrieux, 3.9 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Hirel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hirel.
The jobless rate is 5.0%. Hirel has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Bus, tram or train carried 2.7% of working residents in Hirel to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted mortality in Hirel: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. 129 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 135: 5% below. The nearest emergency department to Hirel is Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais, 9.5 mi away.
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 D to B+.
15% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.4% of residents, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Hirel has a median age of 50.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Hirel | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.25/m² a month, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Hirel from July 2023 to June 2026: 52 houses and apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,196/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 16 offenses in Hirel. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.3. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Hirel (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 59.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in Hirel.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Hirel is a commune of 1,382 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint Malo 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirel | 1,382 | — | — | B | — | C |
| La Fresnais | 2,509 | 1.8 | — | B | — | C |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 4.5 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes | 4,720 | 5.2 | B+ | C | A | B |
| Plerguer | 2,895 | 5.5 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cancale | 5,672 | 6 | B | C− | C+ | B− |
| Miniac-Morvan | 4,408 | 6.9 | B | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hirel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hirel grades B 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.