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It skews young: only 15% of residents are 65 or over. 1,580 residents make their home in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 56% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well (B+): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C). A 70 m² home at the median €2,575/m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Rennes Métropole.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt 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.
The 2 things Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt 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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Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 86 deaths in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt from 2016 to 2025; there were 38, 56% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. 22% are under 15, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 15% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 6.1%, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 4.5% of Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
11% of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
40 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,575/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €9.99/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,575/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle: Photo: Cutpercut · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt yet.
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-Sulpice-la-Forêt | 1,580 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné | 4,304 | 3.5 | A+ | B− | A | A− |
| Liffré | 9,339 | 3.6 | A | C | B+ | B− |
| Betton | 12,964 | 3.7 | A | C− | B− | A− |
| Thorigné-Fouillard | 8,667 | 4 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Melesse | 7,541 | 5.2 | A | C | B | B+ |
| Acigné | 6,874 | 5.8 | A+ | C− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,575/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt is a commune of 1,580 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
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.