What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. The drawback is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. At the median price of €1,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. Health lags (C−). All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 57% of compared French towns. It ranks #58 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Guémené-Penfao 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 Guémené-Penfao.
Schools
Exam results around Guémené-Penfao beat 93% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Guémené-Penfao, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). By results, schools here place #11 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Guémené-Penfao costs less than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across 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 median price, €1,500/m², comes from 215 sales of houses and apartments in Guémené-Penfao from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 215 homes were sold in the town.
€1,500/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guémené-Penfao€1,500/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,500/m²
209
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.11 to €11.90/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Guémené-Penfao sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
774 deaths in Guémené-Penfao between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 624: 24% above. Adjusted mortality in the town: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Guémené-Penfao is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 11.5 mi away. This Loire-Atlantique town has 2 family doctors.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Guémené-Penfao · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Guémené-Penfao than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,280 a year per consumption unit
Of those in the labour force, 11.7% are unemployed. At the census, 8.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,450
jobs based in Guémené-Penfao, 0.7 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Guémené-Penfao than in 62% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Guémené-Penfao was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.7 (2023–2025 average). Its tally for 2025: 142 recorded offenses.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage78
Family violence19
Burglary18
Sexual violence10
Other physical violence9
Vehicle theft8
Armed robbery0
Fraud36
Theft without violence21
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
142
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
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 theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Guémené-Penfao keeps more of its old housing than Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Guémené-Penfao, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Guémené-Penfao hold a degree than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 22%
16% are under 15, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 25% of the population. Residents of Guémené-Penfao have a median age of 46.7.
46.7median age
Guémené-PenfaoLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Jean-Joseph Julaud: Solall, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph François Simon: Mayer et Pierson, Public domain · Fidèle Simon: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Guémené-Penfao’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guémené-Penfao
Is Guémené-Penfao safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #63 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 78 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Guémené-Penfao good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #11 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guémené-Penfao expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guémené-Penfao grades A− for cost of living.
About Guémené-Penfao
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Guémené-Penfao is a commune of 5,243 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. 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
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.
