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This town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany has a population of 1,023.
Where it does best is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−). Few residents are of retirement age: 12% are 65 or over.
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, INSEE census 2023. Marpiré 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 Marpiré 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.
Marpiré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Marpiré does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marpiré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne collégiale, actuellement église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, in Champeaux, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Marpiré 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 Marpiré.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and close to compared French towns (30%).
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Marpiré | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 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.
Sales in Marpiré from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in Marpiré from 2016 to 2025; there were 42, 34% fewer. Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Marpiré is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 5.6 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
At the census, 6.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Marpiré: 150, for 550 residents in work (0.3 each). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,320 a year per consumption unit.
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 collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Olivier MalherbeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 91%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Marpiré. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marpiré yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Marpiré is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marpiré | 1,023 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 3 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Châteaubourg | 7,533 | 3.4 | A | C | A− | A− |
| La Bouëxière | 4,667 | 5.1 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Servon-sur-Vilaine | 4,152 | 5.6 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 6.5 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 4,203 | 8.2 | A+ | B | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marpiré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 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 43% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.