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With 1,117 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too — 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Teillay 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.
Each subject compares Teillay 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.
Teillay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Teillay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Teillay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir des Louères, in Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, 6.4 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Teillay 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 Teillay.
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. 81 deaths in Teillay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 72: 12% above. The nearest emergency department to Teillay is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 8.9 mi away.
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.
At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 7.5%.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.32/m² a month, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.56/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 35 homes in Teillay.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,306/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% are under 15, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Line up the people of Teillay by age and the one in the middle is 40.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Teillay | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Teillay yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Teillay is a commune of 1,117 people in the Communauté de communes Bretagne porte de Loire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teillay | 1,117 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Bain-de-Bretagne | 7,674 | 7.6 | B+ | B | C− | C |
| Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique | 12,260 | 9.4 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Martigné-Ferchaud | 2,688 | 9.6 | — | B | — | C |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 10 | A | B | A | A− |
| Janzé | 8,649 | 10 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Pléchâtel | 2,833 | 10 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Teillay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Teillay grades A− 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 4, 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.