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Home to 1,366 people, this town lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Monterfil’s strongest is health (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (C−). At the median price of €2,161/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Brocéliande Communauté. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Monterfil 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 Monterfil 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.
Monterfil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Monterfil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Monterfil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mégalithe, dit Grès de Saint-Méen, in Talensac, 3.5 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Monterfil 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 Monterfil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
57 deaths in Monterfil between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 87: 34% below. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Monterfil is Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo, 13.8 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 33% of adults hold a degree. Typical age in Monterfil: 40.1, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Monterfil | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Monterfil has 200 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,400 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,161/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Monterfil from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,161/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Monterfil yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Monterfil is a commune of 1,366 people in the Communauté de communes Brocéliande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterfil | 1,366 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Talensac | 2,571 | 3.5 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Iffendic | 4,609 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Montfort-sur-Meu | 6,810 | 4.8 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 6,391 | 5.5 | A− | C | B | B |
| Cintré | 2,645 | 5.5 | — | B− | — | B |
| Mordelles | 7,911 | 6.3 | A | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Monterfil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,161/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Monterfil 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 9, 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.