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ThourieIlle-et-Vilaine

868 people call this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany home.

Is Thourie a good place to live?

Thourie is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.

What makes Thourie stand out

The one thing Thourie does most differently from other towns.

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Thourie’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Thourie’s story

No historic monuments in Thourie

The Culture ministry lists no building in Thourie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit de La Pierre des Fées, in Janzé, 5.9 mi away.

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thourie.

Who lives here

A town of families: 24% of people in Thourie are under 15, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 13% of the town. 25% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Thourie by age and the one in the middle is 36.7.

36.7median age
ThourieIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Thourie
ThourieIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1524%18%17%
15–2413%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+13%19%22%
No diploma16%14%19%
CAP or BEP29%23%26%
Baccalauréat24%18%18%
Higher education25%39%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Thourie than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,810 a year per consumption unit. For its 400 residents in work, Thourie has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. 7.6% of the labour force are out of work.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Thourie, 0.3 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Thourie costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.06/m² a month

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

The market in Thourie: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.06/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Thourie€10.06/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.85/m² a month)
€7.88/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 Thourie

12pages on Thourie

Landmarks

Nothing in Thourie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Thourie

One notable person was born in Thourie.

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Thourie’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 →
RetiersMartigné-FerchaudJanzéChâteaubriantBain-de-BretagneCorps-NudsRetiersMartigné-FerchaudJanzéChâteaubriantBain-de-BretagneCorps-NudsThourie
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Thourie868—————
Retiers4,5666.2ABAA−
Martigné-Ferchaud2,6886.7—B—C
Janzé8,6497.6A−C+B−B+
Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique12,26010C−BDC+
Bain-de-Bretagne7,67410B+BC−C
Corps-Nuds3,56710AC+AA−

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

About Thourie

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Thourie is a commune of 868 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

Population
868 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées Communauté
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
9.5 sq mi (24.6 km²)
INSEE code
35335

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 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.