Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What counts against it is walkability (C) — two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes an A, good for #38 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. On that grade it does better than 86% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Val-Couesnon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-Couesnon.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Val-Couesnon costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,325/m², below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Val-Couesnon is the cheapest of the 99 towns in Ille-et-Vilaine: its median sale is €1,325/m². The market locally: 149 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,325/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-Couesnon€1,325/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,329/m²
148
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.81 to €12.44/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Val-Couesnon than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults
Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population.
51median age
Val-CouesnonIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than expected: Val-Couesnon is below 73% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Val-Couesnon: 80 deaths for every 100 expected. 818 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 691: 18% above. The nearest emergency department to Val-Couesnon is Centre hospitalier de Fougeres, 14.1 mi away. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Val-Couesnon · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Val-Couesnon run lower than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,100 a year per consumption unit
The census found 6.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Val-Couesnon holds 1,700 jobs; 1,550 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. The jobless rate is 8.4%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
1,700
jobs based in Val-Couesnon, 1.1 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Val-Couesnon: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 10th century. Val-Couesnon has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Val-Couesnon is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 127 offenses in Val-Couesnon. Violence against people ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.4 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
11.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage39
Family violence36
Sexual violence24
Other physical violence14
Burglary14
Fraud31
Theft without violence19
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
127
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Bonnefontaine and 3 more in and around Val-Couesnon
Heritage and family days out in and near Val-Couesnon. Best known first.
Église Saint-André: Photo: GO69 · CC0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Bonne-Fontaine: Photo: GO69 · CC0 · Château de la Rouërie: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-Couesnon
Is Val-Couesnon safe?
It grades B− for safety, #49 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
Is Val-Couesnon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val-Couesnon grades A for cost of living.
About Val-Couesnon
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Val-Couesnon is a commune of 4,072 people in the Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne. 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
4,072 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne
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.
