Property tax in Quimper in 2026: the town that really did raise its rate
Unlike most municipalities, which let the revaluation of the tax bases do the work, Quimper voted an increase in its property tax rate in 2023, from 39,90 % to 42,28 %. A rate now among the highest in Brittany, above Brest, on an affordable market. Amounts by profile and a simulator of what the increase costs.
Par Antony Barbier
Réglementation · Publié le 28 août 2026 · 10 min de lecture
Illustration : Property tax in Quimper in 2026: the town that really did raise its rate.
In Quimper, property tax has not merely followed inflation: the town made a choice that most municipalities avoid. In 2023 the municipal council raised its property tax rate, taking it from 39,90 % to 42,28 %. An explicit political decision, distinct from the automatic revaluation of the tax bases that every municipality in France undergoes. The result: the municipal rate in Quimper is now among the highest in Brittany, above that of Brest, and it applies to one of the most affordable property markets in the region. Here is what that rise means in practice on your notice, profile by profile.
Key points
The municipal rate of property tax on built property is 42,28 % in Quimper in 2026, against 39,90 % up to 2022.
The town voted a rate increase for the 2023 budget (+2,4 points, that is around +6 %), a municipal decision and not a simple revaluation of the bases.
With the household waste collection tax, the overall rate shown on the notice approaches 50 %, among the highest in Brittany.
That rate applies to an affordable market (around 2 180 €/m² for an apartment): measured against the price of the property, the tax weighs proportionally heavily.
1. What is the property tax rate in Quimper in 2026?
Quick answer
The municipal rate of property tax on built property in Quimper is 42,28 % in 2026, against 39,90 % up to 2022. The household waste collection tax is added on top, which brings the overall rate shown on the notice to around 50 %. Source: local direct taxation rates, DGFiP, the French public finances directorate, municipality of Quimper.
Your property tax notice does not show a single rate but a stack of lines. The municipality votes its own, by far the heaviest, and the household waste collection tax is added, calculated on the same tax base. It is that combination that explains an overall rate close to 50 %.
Tax line
2026 rate
Who votes it
Property tax on built property, municipal share
42,28 %
Municipal council of Quimper
Household waste collection tax (TEOM)
around 8 %
Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Property tax on land, municipal share
97,03 %
Municipal council of Quimper
Reading note
The 2021 jump was not an increase. If you compare a pre-2021 notice with a recent one, the municipal rate appears to have leapt. That is an optical effect: in 2021 the former departmental share of property tax was transferred to municipalities everywhere in France, to offset the abolition of the residence tax on main homes. The municipal rate mechanically absorbed the departmental line. The real Quimper decision came in 2023.
2. Why has property tax risen in Quimper?
Quick answer
For two reasons combined, which sets Quimper apart from most towns. First, the municipal council voted a rate increase for the 2023 budget, from 39,90 % to 42,28 % (+2,4 points). Second, as everywhere, the state revalues the tax bases each year in line with inflation. Most municipalities pull only the second lever; Quimper pulled both. Source: local direct taxation rates, DGFiP; base revaluation coefficient, INSEE, the French national statistics institute.
That is the point that makes the Quimper case different from towns such as Fréjus or Saint-Raphaël, where the rate is frozen and only the revaluation of the bases drives the bill up. In Quimper, two movements added up between 2022 and 2026.
The first is a municipal decision. The municipal rate, stable at around 39,9 % up to 2022, moved to 42,28 % in 2023 and has not shifted since. That rise of close to 6 % in the rate comes from a vote of the municipal council, written into the budget.
The second is automatic. The tax base, that is the cadastral rental value of your property divided by two, is revalued each year by the state: +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024, +1,7 % in 2025 and +0,8 % in 2026.
Tax year
Municipal rate, Quimper
National revaluation of the bases
2022
39,90 %
+3,4 %
2023
42,28 % (increase voted)
+7,1 %
2024
42,28 % (unchanged)
+3,9 %
2025
42,29 % (unchanged)
+1,7 %
2026
42,28 % (unchanged)
+0,8 %
Most towns let the revaluation of the bases do the work without touching the rate. Quimper made the rare choice of owning a rate increase in the open.
3. Is the Quimper rate high for Brittany?
Quick answer
Yes. At 42,28 %, the municipal rate in Quimper is above the average of the major French cities (around 39,74 %) and above the municipal rate of Brest, the main Breton city (around 39,4 %). It remains far from the national records such as Marseille (44,54 %). Its distinctive feature is not an extreme rate: it is an above-average rate applied to one of the most affordable property markets in Brittany.
Brittany is not a region of low property tax, quite the opposite. The major Breton cities show high overall rates, often above 43 % once the household waste collection tax is added. Quimper stands out for a particularly high municipal rate, above that of Brest.
City
2026 municipal rate
Recent movement
Nice
around 30,90 %
cut of 4,4 points voted in 2026
Brest
around 39,4 %
municipal rate cut, offset by the metropolitan authority
Average of the major cities
around 39,74 %
national benchmark
Quimper
42,28 %
rate increase voted in 2023
Marseille
44,54 %
increase of 14 % in 2022
The reading is clear. Where Brest cut its municipal rate (the rise in the metropolitan share having taken over), Quimper did the opposite: it raised its own and kept it there. To understand the neighbouring case, you can read our analysis of property tax in Brest, along with those of the Nice rate cut and of the record Marseille rate.
4. How much do you pay depending on your profile?
Quick answer
In orders of magnitude, around 640 € to 2 300 € a year on the municipal share depending on your property, of which about 36 € to 130 € attributable to the 2023 rate increase alone. The exact amount depends on the cadastral rental value of your home, which is shown on your notice. The profiles below are orders of magnitude reconstructed from real areas of the town.
The amounts below do not replace your tax notice, which alone is authoritative: two homes of identical size can have different rental values depending on their condition and their features. The last column isolates what the 2023 decision added, at an equal tax base.
Four typical profiles in Quimper
Profile
2026 municipal share (42,28 %)
At the pre-2023 rate (39,90 %)
Extra cost of the increase
30 m² studio, Kermoysan
~ 640 €
~ 604 €
+ 36 €
3-room flat, 65 m², town centre
~ 1 200 €
~ 1 133 €
+ 67 €
90 m² house, Kerfeunteun
~ 1 750 €
~ 1 652 €
+ 98 €
120 m² house, Ergué-Armel
~ 2 300 €
~ 2 171 €
+ 129 €
These profiles are anchored on an affordable market: the average apartment price in Quimper stands at 2 180 €/m² in 2026 (DVF data, the French notarised sales database, processed by Immover, 2024-2025 transactions). That is one of the town's great strengths for buyers, but it changes how property tax reads: a high rate applied to moderate values produces a tax which, measured against the price of the property, weighs proportionally more heavily than elsewhere.
Reading note
The weight of property tax is not measured by the amount alone, but by the ratio between that amount and the value of the property. On an affordable market like Quimper, a rate of 42 % applied to moderate rental values remains a noticeable annual charge for an owner, even if the absolute amount looks contained compared with an expensive city.
5. Simulator: what the 2023 increase costs you
Quick answer
Enter the municipal share of your property tax (it is shown on your notice). The simulator isolates what the rate increase voted in 2023 represents: it estimates what you would pay at an identical base if the rate had stayed at its pre-2023 level (39,90 %), and the gap with the current rate (42,28 %).
The cost of the 2023 rate increase
Your bill on the municipal share of the property tax (the amount shown on your notice).
The same base at the pre-2023 rate (39,90 %)- €
Annual extra cost of the rate increase- €
Estimate based on the ratio of the municipal rates: 39,90 % before 2023 against 42,28 % since, applied to an identical tax base. Isolates the rate increase voted by the municipality alone; does not include the revaluation of the bases, the household waste collection tax, or any change in the rental value of your property. For a final amount, refer to your official notice, sent between late August and early October 2026.
6. Why did the town raise its rate?
Quick answer
The increase was voted against a background of strain on local budgets: cost inflation, rising energy and staff spending, and a tightening of state funding. The administration led by Isabelle Assih, re-elected mayor in March 2026, chose to raise the rate to preserve its capacity to fund public services. Source: budgets of the municipality of Quimper.
The political context is that of a re-elected left-wing majority. Isabelle Assih, elected in 2020, was re-elected at the municipal elections of March 2026 in the second round, with 49,82 % of the vote. The 2023 rate increase came during her first term.
This kind of decision is rare because it is politically costly: raising a rate is visible, whereas letting the bases climb goes unnoticed. Many municipalities prefer the second route. By owning a rate increase, Quimper made visible a budget choice that other administrations leave to the automatic mechanics of revaluation.
Our reading
For an owner, the distinction between a rate increase and a revaluation of the bases is not just an accounting subtlety. A revaluation of the bases is national and undergone by every municipality; a rate increase is a local decision, one that the municipal debate can act on. In Quimper the two added up between 2022 and 2026, which explains a faster rise in the bill than in a town with a frozen rate.
7. What impact on the value of your property?
Quick answer
Limited on the price, but worth watching on an affordable market. The Quimper market stands at 2 180 €/m² on average for an apartment in 2026, one of the most accessible in Brittany. Local taxation does not make the price of a property: it enters the calculation of the annual holding cost, a criterion that weighs more when the purchase price is moderate.
Three observations to place the real effect of taxation on your property.
1. The rate does not cancel out the affordability advantage. Quimper remains a town where buying a main home is within reach, which supports demand. A high property tax rate qualifies that advantage without erasing it: over time, a buyer looks at the purchase price before the annual tax.
2. The relative weight of the tax is more visible than elsewhere. That is the hallmark of an affordable market: a tax of 1 500 € weighs more on a property worth 200 000 € than on one worth 500 000 €. An attentive buyer factors that ratio into their monthly budget.
3. The gaps between districts outweigh the tax effect. Between the town centre, Kerfeunteun and the more working-class areas, the gaps in price per m² remain the primary factor of value. No municipal tax decision produces an effect of that order on the resale price. If you want to understand what your property is worth, the district weighs far more than the rate.
To place your home precisely, see our dedicated page on property prices in Quimper, set out from actual transactions.
Sources and references
Direction générale des finances publiques, local direct taxation rates, municipality of Quimper: municipal rate of property tax on built property of 39,90 % (2022) raised to 42,28 % (2023), carried over to 2026, impots.gouv.frOfficial source
Town of Quimper, preliminary budgets and tax resolutions of the municipal council (vote on the rate increase in the 2023 budget)Official source
INSEE, revaluation coefficient of cadastral rental values indexed to the harmonised consumer price index (+7,1 % in 2023, +0,8 % for 2026)Public data
Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF, Etalab and DGFiP), 2024-2025 transactions in the Finistère, processed by Immover (average apartment price in Quimper of 2 180 €/m²)Public data
Results of the March 2026 municipal elections in Quimper, re-election of Isabelle Assih in the second round (49,82 % of the vote)Press and local sources
L'auteur
Antony Barbier
Founder of Immover
A consultant specialising in real estate data, Antony Barbier follows the Breton market and local taxation. He works with actual transaction data (DVF, the French notarised sales database) and publishes sourced analyses to help owners estimate and decide on the sale of their property.
Frequently asked questions
The municipal rate of property tax on built property in Quimper is 42,28 % in 2026, against 39,90 % up to 2022. Adding the household waste collection tax, the overall rate shown on the notice approaches 50 %. The rate of property tax on land is 97,03 %.
Yes, and for a reason that sets Quimper apart: the town voted an increase in its municipal rate for the 2023 budget, taking it from 39,90 % to 42,28 %, that is close to +6 %. To that municipal decision is added the national revaluation of the tax bases, undergone by every municipality. Most towns pull only that second lever; Quimper pulled both.
The 2023 increase was voted against a background of strain on local budgets: cost inflation, rising energy and staff spending, a tightening of state funding. The administration led by Isabelle Assih, re-elected mayor in March 2026, chose to raise the rate to preserve the funding of public services. A rare decision, because raising a rate is visible, where letting the bases climb goes unnoticed.
Yes. At 42,28 %, the municipal rate in Quimper is above the average of the major French cities (around 39,74 %) and above the municipal rate of Brest (around 39,4 %). It remains below the national records such as Marseille (44,54 %). Its distinctive feature is applying an above-average rate to one of the most affordable property markets in Brittany.
At an identical tax base, the rise in the rate from 39,90 % to 42,28 % represents an extra cost of around 5,6 % on the municipal share of your property tax. In orders of magnitude, that ranges from +36 € a year for a studio to +130 € for a large house. That amount isolates the municipal decision alone, independently of the revaluation of the bases, which is added every year.
In orders of magnitude, the municipal share ranges from around 640 € a year for a studio to more than 2 000 € for a large house. The exact amount depends on the cadastral rental value, which is shown on your notice. On an affordable market like Quimper (around 2 180 €/m² for an apartment in 2026, DVF data processed by Immover), a rate of 42 % produces a tax which, measured against the price of the property, weighs proportionally heavily.
The 2026 property tax notices are sent by the Direction générale des finances publiques between late August and early October 2026, by post and in your personal account on impots.gouv.fr. No action is required. The payment deadline is generally set at 15 October for taxpayers paying monthly and 20 October for a direct payment. If there is an error, a claim remains possible until 31 December of the following year.
No, its effect on prices remains limited. The Quimper market sits at around 2 180 €/m² for an apartment in 2026, one of the most accessible in Brittany. Local taxation is not a price driver: it enters the annual holding cost, a criterion that weighs more on an affordable market, where a given tax represents a higher share of the property's value.
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