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The town has 1,153 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Saint-Broladre’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times 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 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. 15% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Broladre 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 Saint-Broladre 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.
Saint-Broladre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Broladre does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Broladre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Broladre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Hemicycle mégalithique dit Les Tombes: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Broladre.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,690/m², below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses were 98% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold in Saint-Broladre.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,676/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Saint-Broladre. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Broladre records 76 deaths per 100 expected, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (80) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 137 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 124, 10% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 B− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Saint-Broladre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and above compared French towns (11%). Ages in Saint-Broladre split evenly at 47.1: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Broladre | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.3% 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. The jobless rate is 7.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Saint-Broladre.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Broladre is a commune of 1,153 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Broladre | 1,153 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 4.8 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| Pontorson Manche | 4,280 | 7.8 | A− | A− | B+ | C |
| La Fresnais | 2,509 | 8.4 | — | B | — | C |
| Plerguer | 2,895 | 9.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cancale | 5,672 | 11 | B | C− | C+ | B− |
| Miniac-Morvan | 4,408 | 12 | B | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Broladre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Broladre grades A− 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.