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It is a town of 1,106 residents in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−): 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Langan 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 Langan 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.
Langan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Langan does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Langan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Ouen, in Les Iffs, 3.4 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Langan 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 Langan.
At the census, 7.1% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Langan counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 550 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €26,190 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Langan records 98 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 60 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 59, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Langan is Chp Saint Gregoire, 10 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Nearly two in five adults hold a degree, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and above compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Aged 15 to 24: 9.7% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Langan | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,245/m², lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 36 homes in Langan. Among the homes sold, 92% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,151/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 8.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 89%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Langan.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Langan is a commune of 1,106 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langan | 1,106 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Romillé | 4,189 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Gévezé | 6,061 | 3 | A | C | B+ | A |
| La Mézière | 5,033 | 5 | A+ | C+ | A− | A+ |
| Pleumeleuc | 3,543 | 5 | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Tinténiac | 3,939 | 5.9 | B− | C+ | C | B |
| Bédée | 4,662 | 6.2 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Langan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Langan 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.