What is the least densely populated town in Brittany in 2026?

Bolazec (Finistère) is the least densely populated town in Brittany, with just 9.7 inhabitants per km².

What are the 10 least densely populated towns in Brittany?

In order: Bolazec (9.7 inhabitants per km²), Magoar (9.9 inhabitants per km²), Saint-Nicodème (10.0 inhabitants per km²), Sainte-Brigitte (10.2 inhabitants per km²), Saint-Igeaux (10.3 inhabitants per km²), Plourac'h (11.0 inhabitants per km²), Canihuel (11.2 inhabitants per km²), Kerien (11.4 inhabitants per km²), Scrignac (11.7 inhabitants per km²), and Maël-Pestivien (11.7 inhabitants per km²).

What is the most densely populated town in Brittany?

Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) is the most densely populated town in Brittany, with 4,662.6 inhabitants per km². See The most densely populated towns in Brittany.

How many towns in Brittany are ranked?

All of them: the 1,202 towns in Brittany appear in this ranking.

How is density calculated?

Density is the official total population of the commune (INSEE) divided by its area in square kilometers.

Least Densely Populated Towns in Brittany (2026)

This ranking covers all 1,202 towns in Brittany. At the other end of the ranking, Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) comes last with 4,662.6 inhabitants per km².

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: least densely populated towns in Brittany

Rank	Town	Department	Density (per km²)	Population	Area (km²)
1	Bolazec	Finistère (29)	9.7	170	17
2	Magoar	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	9.9	77	7.8
3	Saint-Nicodème	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	10.0	170	17
4	Sainte-Brigitte	Morbihan (56)	10.2	181	18
5	Saint-Igeaux	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	10.3	133	13
6	Plourac'h	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	11.0	354	32
7	Canihuel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	11.2	361	32
8	Kerien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	11.4	250	22
9 tied	Scrignac	Finistère (29)	11.7	828	71
9 tied	Maël-Pestivien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	11.7	365	31
11	Lescouët-Gouarec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	11.9	223	19
12	Saint-Rivoal	Finistère (29)	12.1	226	19
13	Loqueffret	Finistère (29)	12.5	341	27
14	Kerpert	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	12.9	271	21
15	Lanrivain	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.0	476	37
16	Bulat-Pestivien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.1	408	31
17	Peumerit-Quintin	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.2	196	15
18	Trémargat	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.4	186	14
19	Locarn	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.6	439	32
20	Kergrist-Moëlou	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	13.7	646	47
21	Trégarvan	Finistère (29)	14.2	137	9.7
22	Lohuec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	14.3	245	17
23	Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	14.5	319	22
24	Saint-Mayeux	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	15.1	461	31
25	Tréogan	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	15.1	107	7.1
26	Sainte-Tréphine	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	15.1	189	13
27	Brignac	Morbihan (56)	15.5	203	13
28	Saint-Servais	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	15.8	442	28
29	Saint-Martin-des-Prés	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.1	327	20
30	Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.2	315	19
31	Carnoët	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.3	686	42
32	Merléac	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.4	491	30
33	Plougras	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.4	434	26
34	Paimpont	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	16.4	1,812	110
35	Saint-Gildas	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	16.5	257	16
36	Botmeur	Finistère (29)	16.7	227	14
37	Ploërdut	Morbihan (56)	16.8	1,276	76
38	Botsorhel	Finistère (29)	16.9	434	26
39	Berrien	Finistère (29)	17.0	957	56
40	Poullaouen	Finistère (29)	17.0	1,504	89
41	La Chapelle-Neuve	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	17.5	417	24
42	Calanhel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	17.6	252	14
43	Séglien	Morbihan (56)	18.0	689	38
44	Loguivy-Plougras	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.0	859	48
45	Saint-Eloy	Finistère (29)	18.0	224	12
46	Duault	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.1	391	22
47	Langoëlan	Morbihan (56)	18.3	407	22
48	Glomel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.3	1,463	80
49	Paule	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.4	690	38
50	Mérillac	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.5	256	14
51	Plouyé	Finistère (29)	18.6	698	38
52	Persquen	Morbihan (56)	18.7	373	20
53	Le Bodéo	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	18.8	187	10.0
54	Mellionnec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	19.0	460	24
55	Senven-Léhart	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	19.1	239	13
56	Saint-Tugdual	Morbihan (56)	19.3	386	20
57	Le Saint	Morbihan (56)	20.0	619	31
58	Laz	Finistère (29)	20.4	701	34
59	Tréhorenteuc	Morbihan (56)	20.5	111	5.4
60	Collorec	Finistère (29)	21.0	597	28
61	Gurunhuel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	21.3	416	20
62	Lannéanou	Finistère (29)	21.4	346	16
63	Rannée	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	21.6	1,124	52
64	Plougonver	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	21.7	774	36
65	Saint-Fiacre	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	21.8	211	9.7
66	La Feuillée	Finistère (29)	21.8	687	32
67	Plusquellec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	21.9	575	26
68	Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron	Morbihan (56)	22.0	315	14
69	Ménéac	Morbihan (56)	22.1	1,508	68
70	Saint-Goazec	Finistère (29)	22.3	751	34
71	Plésidy	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	22.3	574	26
72	Silfiac	Morbihan (56)	22.4	502	22
73	Gomené	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	22.6	573	25
74	La Harmoye	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	22.6	400	18
75	Lignol	Morbihan (56)	22.7	872	38
76	Loc-Envel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	22.9	77	3.4
77	Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	Finistère (29)	22.9	653	28
78	Langonnet	Morbihan (56)	23.0	1,960	85
79	Brasparts	Finistère (29)	23.2	1,083	47
80	Saint-Connan	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	23.3	315	14
81	Plumieux	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	23.5	1,719	73
82	Plussulien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	23.6	531	22
83	Saint-Aignan	Morbihan (56)	23.9	653	27
84	Bon Repos sur Blavet	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	23.9	1,290	54
85	Forges de Lanouée	Morbihan (56)	24.0	2,311	96
86	Landévennec	Finistère (29)	24.4	337	14
87 tied	Guiscriff	Morbihan (56)	24.4	2,088	85
87 tied	Saint-Connec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	24.4	267	11
89	Laurenan	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	24.5	758	31
90	Brennilis	Finistère (29)	24.6	460	19
91	Kergrist	Morbihan (56)	24.8	734	30
92	Le Cloître-Pleyben	Finistère (29)	24.9	508	20
93	Commana	Finistère (29)	25.2	1,006	40
94 tied	Monteneuf	Morbihan (56)	25.2	773	31
94 tied	Allineuc	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	25.2	608	24
96	Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	25.3	377	15
97	Plounévez-Quintin	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	25.5	1,092	43
98	Plounéour-Ménez	Finistère (29)	25.7	1,330	52
99	Plouzélambre	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	25.9	203	7.8
100	Montreuil-des-Landes	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	25.9	244	9.4

Source: INSEE (official population figures); IGN / Observatoire des territoires (areas); total population divided by area. Not ranked: towns with no inhabitants. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The least densely populated towns in Brittany in 2026

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