Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 26% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Coulomb has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Coulomb 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Coulomb.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Saint-Coulomb than in Ille-et-Vilaine or compared French towns: 34 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 13% of the housing. Saint-Coulomb has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. 9 of the 10 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Saint-Coulomb cost more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,673/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.33/m² a month. 110 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Coulomb from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,673/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Coulomb€3,673/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,637/m²
103
€12.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.92 to €15.00/m² a month)
9.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Saint-Coulomb has a lower adjusted death rate than three in four compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Coulomb can choose among 2 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). 244 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 309: 21% below. Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Coulomb · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Saint-Coulomb: 30% are 65 or over, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.2% of the town. 38% of adults hold a degree, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and above compared French towns (30%). Ages in Saint-Coulomb split evenly at 53.3: half are older, half younger.
53.3median age
Saint-CoulombIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Saint-Coulomb run higher than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,360 a year per consumption unit
The jobless rate is 6.7%. 7.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Saint-Coulomb, 0.3 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Coulomb has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Saint-Coulomb’s tally for 2025: 31 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12. More of the graded crimes locally were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles13
Family violence12
Criminal damage6
Fraud13
Theft without violence12
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ruines du château du Plessis-Bertrand: Photo: Henri Chapelle, died 1925 · Public domain · Malouinière de la Ville-Bague: Photo: Niah 777 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Coulomb
Is Saint-Coulomb safe?
Saint-Coulomb has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-Coulomb good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #54 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Coulomb expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.20/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Coulomb grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Coulomb
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Coulomb is a commune of 2,969 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération. 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
Population
2,969 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint Malo Agglomération
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.
