Val d'Anast’s overall grade is A−, better than 85% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #40 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. School results are strong (A−): brevet results a point above the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,706/m², so 70 m² costs 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 d'Anast 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 d'Anast.
Safety
Val d'Anast sees less crime per resident than 94% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Val d'Anast was family violence (2025). In all, 28 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025.
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence16
Criminal damage12
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence17
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.1%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 21.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
94.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.2 mi away. By results, schools here place #26 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 6.2% of commuters in Val d'Anast go to work without a car, fewer than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €24,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 10.3%. No commute at all: 5.4% of working residents in Val d'Anast at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,100
jobs based in Val d'Anast, 0.7 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Val d'Anast costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.24/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,706/m²: 147 houses and apartments sold in Val d'Anast between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.79/m² a month. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,706/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val d'Anast€1,706/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,702/m²
146
€10.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.86/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Val d'Anast sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 414 deaths in Val d'Anast from 2016 to 2025; there were 457, 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Val d'Anast is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 17.3 mi away. This Ille-et-Vilaine town has 5 family doctors. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Val d'Anast · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Val d'Anast: 15% 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.
Among the classé monuments in Val d'Anast is Croix du cimetière en pierre. The protected list starts in the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Val d'Anast, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.8%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Line up the people of Val d'Anast by age and the one in the middle is 42.5.
42.5median age
Val d'AnastIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val d'Anast
Is Val d'Anast safe?
It grades A for safety, #7 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Are schools in Val d'Anast good?
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #26 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Val d'Anast expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,706/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val d'Anast grades A− for cost of living.
About Val d'Anast
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Val d'Anast is a commune of 3,930 people in the Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne 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
3,930 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Communauté
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.
