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Saint-PernIlle-et-Vilaine

A town of 966 in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Is Saint-Pern a good place to live?

Saint-Pern has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Château de Caradeuc
Château de Caradeuc · Level not given · Photo: LeCardinal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Pern’s story

Saint-Pern in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Pern, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

Saint-Pern has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Caradeuc: Photo: LeCardinal · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pern.

History

Saint-Pern keeps more of its old housing than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Pern, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit0
Level not given1
29%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Saint-Pern: 12% are 15 to 24, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns

44.5median age

Over-65s are 23% of the population. 33% of adults hold a degree, between Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Saint-Pern in two is 44.5.

Saint-PernIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Pern
Saint-PernIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+23%19%22%
No diploma16%14%19%
CAP or BEP28%23%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education33%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Pern, 4.0%, runs below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns

10%walk, cycle or take transit

Half of residents lived on more than €25,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and near compared French towns (€25,970). For its 400 residents in work, Saint-Pern has 150 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, 6.0% of working residents in Saint-Pern went to work by public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Saint-Pern, 0.4 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

91.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Pern91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège la GautraisNearest collègeCollègeCollège5791%+1 pt
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
1.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Pern than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.71/m² a month

€10.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €9.31/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Pern from July 2023 to June 2026: 24 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Pern€10.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €13.53/m² a month)
€9.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Pern

13pages on Saint-Pern
Nearby attractions

Château de Ligouyer and 8 more in and around Saint-Pern

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Pern. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Pern

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Pern yet.

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About Saint-Pern

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Saint-Pern is a commune of 966 people in the Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban. 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
966 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Saint-Méen Montauban
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.1 km²)
INSEE code
35307

Saint-Pern’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ille-et-Vilaine →
RomilléMontauban-de-BretagneTinténiacBédéePleumeleucSaint-DomineucRomilléMontauban-de-BretagneTinténiacBédéePleumeleucSaint-DomineucSaint-Pern
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Pern966—————
Romillé4,1896.3—B−—B−
Montauban-de-Bretagne6,5976.5AC+B+B
Tinténiac3,9397.4B−C+CB
Bédée4,6627.5A+C+AA−
Pleumeleuc3,5437.7AB−A+B+
Saint-Domineuc2,6197.8—B—B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.