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IrodouërIlle-et-Vilaine

In Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, this town has 2,300 residents.

Is Irodouër a good place to live?

Irodouër’s strongest is cost of living (B) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income. Just 15% of residents are 65 or older.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Irodouër 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.

How Irodouër grades

Each subject compares Irodouër 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.

How grading works

Irodouër has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

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What makes Irodouër stand out

The 3 things Irodouër does most differently from other towns.

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Irodouër’s story

No historic monuments in Irodouër

The Culture ministry lists no building in Irodouër as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Deux mégalithes, in Miniac-sous-Bécherel, 2.5 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Irodouër is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Irodouër.

Who lives here

Children make up 24% of Irodouër, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns

37.1median age

Over-65s are 15% of the population. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Line up the people of Irodouër by age and the one in the middle is 37.1.

IrodouërIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Irodouër
IrodouërIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1524%18%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+15%19%22%
No diploma17%14%19%
CAP or BEP30%23%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education28%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Irodouër than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 4.7%

5%walk, cycle or take transit

6.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Irodouër has 250 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €25,910 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Irodouër, 0.3 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living B

Renting in Irodouër costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.54/m² a month

€2,113/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The middle sale price: €2,113/m², below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Irodouër: 62 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Irodouër€2,113/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,088/m²57
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.59 to €12.94/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth B−

Allowing for age and care homes, Irodouër sees 88 deaths per 100 expected, against 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and 88 in compared French towns

−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Irodouër is Chp Saint Gregoire, 14.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 127 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 111, 12% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 4 GPs practise in the town.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Irodouër · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chp Saint Gregoire
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chp Saint Gregoire
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.

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Nearby attractions

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Famous people from Irodouër

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About Irodouër

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Irodouër is a commune of 2,300 people in the Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban. 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
2,300 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
9.1 sq mi (23.6 km²)
INSEE code
35135

Irodouër’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ille-et-Vilaine →
RomilléBédéePleumeleucMontauban-de-BretagneBreteilTinténiacRomilléBédéePleumeleucMontauban-de-BretagneBreteilTinténiacIrodouër
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Irodouër2,300——B—B−
Romillé4,1893.5—B−—B−
Bédée4,6624.7A+C+AA−
Pleumeleuc3,5434.8AB−A+B+
Montauban-de-Bretagne6,5975.6AC+B+B
Breteil3,6757.5A+BA+A−
Tinténiac3,9397.6B−C+CB

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Irodouër

Is Irodouër safe?

Irodouër has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Irodouër expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Irodouër 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 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.