Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
9,957 residents make their home in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
On health it is strong — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Saint-Grégoire’s overall grade of A− puts it better than 83% of compared French towns, #43 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Jobs & income is another plus: 2.7 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. The trade-off is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for schools.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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-Grégoire 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Saint-Grégoire does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Grégoire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Grégoire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix du 15e siècle: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Grégoire.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 932 deaths in Saint-Grégoire from 2016 to 2025; there were 627, 33% fewer. 37 GPs practise in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
The census found 27.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 7.1% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Saint-Grégoire didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Houses in Saint-Grégoire sell for €3,943/m² and apartments for €3,551/m². Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 294 homes in the town. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.09/m² a month, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,943/m² | 143 |
| Apartments | €3,551/m² | 151 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #57 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Immaculée PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 226 | 97%−1 pt |
| Lycée Jean-Paul II PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 215 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée de La Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 130 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. 2.4% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Grégoire. Violence against people ran at 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19.1 (2023–2025 average). With 11,850 jobs for 4,350 working residents, Saint-Grégoire draws people in from neighbouring communes. For 2025, the figures show 206 offenses here.
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
23% of residents are 65 or over, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town. Line up the people of Saint-Grégoire by age and the one in the middle is 44.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Grégoire | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 62% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Saint-Grégoire. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes4.7 km south, in Rennes
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes4.9 km south, in Rennes
AttractionPalais du parlement de Bretagne4.6 km south, in Rennes
AttractionOpéra de Rennes4.7 km south, in Rennes
ChurchÉglise Saint-Germain de Rennes4.8 km south, in RennesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Grégoire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Grégoire is a commune of 9,957 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-Grégoire | 9,957 | — | A− | C− | C+ | A+ |
| Montgermont | 3,827 | 1.8 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Betton | 12,964 | 2.5 | A | C− | B− | A− |
| La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz | 4,738 | 2.8 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Rennes | 230,890 | 3.1 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Cesson-Sévigné | 18,761 | 4.1 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Vezin-le-Coquet | 6,471 | 4.2 | C+ | C− | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #59 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 76 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #57 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 100% of 215 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Paul II in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Grégoire 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.