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Home to 3,651 people, this town lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Saint-Erblon’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is a strength too (A−): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. What holds it back is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #46 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Set against the rest, it does better than four fifths of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Erblon 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.
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The one thing Saint-Erblon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Erblon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Erblon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Croix du 16e siècle du nouveau cimetière: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Erblon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Erblon has 2 family doctors. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 196 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 135, 31% fewer.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Jobs based in Saint-Erblon number 750, against 1,700 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 9.0%, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Saint-Erblon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 38% of adults. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Saint-Erblon: 38.8, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Erblon | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.9 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #49 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Paul (annexe du collège Saint-Joseph, Bruz) PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège de FontenayBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Saint-Erblon sell for €2,941/m², houses for €2,738/m². Houses accounted for 67% of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €10.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,738/m² | 83 |
| Apartments | €2,941/m² | 41 |
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.4% of the total, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Erblon show 78 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.9 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 10.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Erblon. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Erblon yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Erblon is a commune of 3,651 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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-Erblon | 3,651 | — | A− | C | B | A |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 8,359 | 1.8 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Orgères | 5,732 | 1.8 | A− | C | B | A+ |
| Bourgbarré | 4,804 | 2.3 | A+ | C+ | A | A+ |
| Pont-Péan | 4,245 | 2.5 | A− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Chartres-de-Bretagne | 8,880 | 2.8 | A− | C | C+ | B+ |
| Vern-sur-Seiche | 8,207 | 2.9 | B | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #47 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #49 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Erblon grades C 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.