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The town has 1,261 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Poligné’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,035/m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Bretagne porte de Loire Communauté. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Poligné 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 Poligné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Poligné 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.
Poligné has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Poligné, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poligné.
Among adults, 35% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Poligné are older than 40.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Poligné | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in Poligné from 2016 to 2025; there were 48, 24% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Poligné records 76 deaths per 100 expected, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Poligné is Chru de Rennes site Hopital Sud, 13.5 mi away. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
9.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €27,490 a year per consumption unit, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Behind the median of €2,035/m²: 39 houses and apartments sold in Poligné between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.63/m² a month. The sales split: 82% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,997/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Poligné, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Jean BritoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Poligné. Best known first.
Poligné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château du Bois-Glaume: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poligné yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poligné | 1,261 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Pléchâtel | 2,833 | 1.9 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Bain-de-Bretagne | 7,674 | 3.3 | B+ | B | C− | C |
| Crevin | 2,819 | 3.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Bourg-des-Comptes | 3,411 | 3.6 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Laillé | 5,225 | 6.2 | A | C | A− | A |
| Orgères | 5,732 | 7.3 | A− | C | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Poligné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9 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 €2,035/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Poligné grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Poligné is a commune of 1,261 people in the Communauté de communes Bretagne porte de Loire 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 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.