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With 1,017 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (C) — 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are weaker too (C) — brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Marcillé-Robert 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.
The one thing Marcillé-Robert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marcillé-Robert 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.
Marcillé-Robert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Marcillé-Robert; none is classé, France’s top protection.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Joseph Joachim François Esmé Jean Emmanuel Lancelot-Dubourg, born in 1749, is the one person born in Marcillé-Robert before 1900 that Wikidata records.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcillé-Robert.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,585/m², below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.70/m² a month. Marcillé-Robert recorded 32 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,585/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,950 a year. Marcillé-Robert holds 200 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. No commute at all: 6.1% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.3 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Roche aux FéesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 86%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Marcillé-Robert; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Marcillé-Robert is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 13.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 239 residents of Marcillé-Robert died, against 169 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% more. Also worth knowing: women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Marcillé-Robert have one GP on hand.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The under-15s are 20% of the population here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Marcillé-Robert | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Marcillé-Robert has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Marcillé-Robert.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcillé-Robert | 1,017 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 2.9 | A | B | A | A− |
| Bais | 2,539 | 4.9 | — | A | — | B |
| Piré-Chancé | 3,224 | 5.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne | 4,554 | 5.9 | A+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Janzé | 8,649 | 6.6 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Martigné-Ferchaud | 2,688 | 8.6 | — | B | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marcillé-Robert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 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 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marcillé-Robert grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Marcillé-Robert is a commune of 1,017 people in the Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées 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
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 8, 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.