Where to live in Rennes with a family

Ranking of Rennes's 45 areas with CityPulse's “Family” profile. What matters most: public green space, playgrounds on foot, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Rennes to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Atalante-Villejean (96), Les Longs Champs (92) and Les Chalais (91).

Rennes areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Atalante-Villejean	96 · excellent	Public green space
2	Les Longs Champs	92 · excellent	Public green space
3	Les Chalais	91 · excellent	Public green space
4	La Bellangerais	91 · excellent	Public green space
5	Saint-Laurent	90 · excellent	Public green space
6	La Poterie	90 · excellent	Public green space
7	Italie	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
8	Beauregard	88 · excellent	Public green space
9	Maurepas	88 · excellent	Public green space
10	Les Champs Manceaux	85 · excellent	Public green space
11	Armorique	84 · excellent	Public green space
12	Torigné	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
13	Le Landrel	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
14	Jeanne d'Arc	81 · excellent	Public green space
15	Bréquigny	81 · excellent	Public green space
16	Saint-Martin	81 · excellent	Public green space
17	Le Landry	80 · excellent	Public green space
18	Francisco Ferrer	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
19	Dinan - Saint-Malo	79 · good	Public green space
20	Thabor - Paris	78 · good	Public green space
21	Cleunay	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
22	Zone d’activités Nord	77 · good	Public green space
23	Beaulieu	77 · good	Public green space
24	Pont de Strasbourg	77 · good	Public green space
25	Fougères - Sévigné	76 · good	Public green space
26	Cimetière de l'Est	76 · good	Public green space
27	Champeaux	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
28	Sainte-Élisabeth	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
29	Kennedy	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
30	Villejean	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
31	Moulin du Comte	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
32	La Touche	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
33	La Binquenais	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
34	Alphonse Guérin	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
35	Bourg l'Évesque	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
36	Plaine de Baud	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Sainte-Thérèse	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Villeneuve	66 · good	Playgrounds on foot
39	La Madeleine	66 · good	Playgrounds on foot
40	Le Mail	64 · good	Playgrounds on foot
41	Arsenal - Redon	62 · good	Playgrounds on foot
42	Centre-Ville	61 · good	Public green space
43	Colombier	60 · good	Playgrounds on foot
44	Saint-Hélier	60 · good	Playgrounds on foot
45	Champ de Mars	56 · fair	Public green space

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-04. Method and sources