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A town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, home to 3,530 people.
Few weak spots anywhere. Its best grade is for health (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Lécousse earns an A+: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #9 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. A 70 m² home at the median €2,188/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Lécousse 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.
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The one thing Lécousse does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lécousse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour Nichot, in Fougères, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lécousse 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 Lécousse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Lécousse can choose among 2 GPs. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 191 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 301: 37% below.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.8 cases of violence against people and 11.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Lécousse logged 48 recorded offenses. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 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, 18.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Lécousse | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Lécousse, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, between Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #55 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The closest collège is 1.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc - La Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 92%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent J-B Le Taillandier - site Notre-Dame des Marais PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 173 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
111 sales of houses and apartments in Lécousse, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,188/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,188/m² | 111 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 5.8%, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Lécousse counts 1 jobs (1,400 jobs, 1,450 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Lécousse to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lécousse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Emmanuel-de-la-Villéon1.6 km southeast, in FougèresAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Rillé1 km southeast, in FougèresFortFortPorte Notre-Dame1.3 km southeast, in FougèresFortFortTour Nichot1.3 km southeast, in FougèresMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Clarisses Urbanistes de Fougères1.5 km southeast, in FougèresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lécousse yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Lécousse is a commune of 3,530 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lécousse | 3,530 | — | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Fougères | 20,307 | 1.1 | B− | B | D | B+ |
| Maen Roch | 5,088 | 6.8 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 8.1 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Louvigné-du-Désert | 3,346 | 9.3 | A | A | B | B |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 4,203 | 11 | A+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Saint-James Manche | 5,018 | 12 | A− | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #26 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #55 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 99% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent J-B Le Taillandier - site Notre-Dame des Marais in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,188/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lécousse 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.