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The town has 368 residents and lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Sainte-Colombe has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Colombe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Roche-aux-Fées, in Essé, 3.9 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Colombe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Colombe.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 30% of adults. Line up the people of Sainte-Colombe by age and the one in the middle is 37.9.
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Colombe | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Sainte-Colombe, for 150 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,000 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Sainte-Colombe recorded 10 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.70/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Colombe yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 368 people in the Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées Communauté. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 368 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 4.2 | A | B | A | A− |
| Janzé | 8,649 | 5.2 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Martigné-Ferchaud | 2,688 | 7.3 | — | B | — | C |
| Corps-Nuds | 3,567 | 8.6 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Piré-Chancé | 3,224 | 8.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Crevin | 2,819 | 9.9 | — | C | — | 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.