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634 people call this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany home.
Trans-la-Forêt has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
The one thing Trans-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Trans-la-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Broualan, 2.5 mi away.
44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trans-la-Forêt.
Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Half the people of Trans-la-Forêt are older than 48.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Trans-la-Forêt | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 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
8.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 250 residents in work, Trans-la-Forêt has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 7.6% of working residents in Trans-la-Forêt didn’t travel to work at all.
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 market in Trans-la-Forêt: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Trans-la-Forêt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Trans-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans-la-Forêt | 634 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Val-Couesnon | 4,072 | 6.5 | A | A | B− | B+ |
| Pontorson Manche | 4,280 | 6.6 | A− | A− | B+ | C |
| Dol-de-Bretagne | 5,829 | 8 | C+ | C | D− | C+ |
| Combourg | 6,411 | 8.5 | B | C+ | B | B− |
| Sens-de-Bretagne | 2,592 | 11 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-James Manche | 5,018 | 12 | A− | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Trans-la-Forêt is a commune of 634 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. 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) · 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.