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MerléacCôtes-d'Armor

With 481 residents, it is a town in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Population

481

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€9.29

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€23,340

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Merléac a good place to live?

Merléac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 18% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Merléac stand out

The one thing Merléac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-Léon · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Merléac’s story

Merléac in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Merléac counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1908First protected: Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-Léon

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Merléac.

History

Merléac keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 35% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Merléac is Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-Léon. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-Léon 15th c.

15th c.

oldest protected part

1908

first monument protected

Full pageMerléac’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes35% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Merléac?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 14% of Merléac, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population. 22% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and near compared French towns (22%). Ages in Merléac split evenly at 50.1: half are older, half younger.

50.1median age

MerléacCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Côtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

22%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%

CAP or BEP31%

Baccalauréat24%

Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Merléac
	Merléac	Côtes-d'Armor median	France median
Under 15	14%	15%	17%
15–24	9.1%	9.3%	11%
25–44	21%	19%	23%
45–64	34%	27%	26%
65+	22%	29%	22%
No diploma	15%	17%	19%
CAP or BEP	31%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	24%	19%	18%
Higher education	24%	31%	30%

Full pageMerléac’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages50.1 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households230 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad9.1% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Merléac?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Merléac run lower than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,340 a year per consumption unit

Per resident in work, Merléac counts 0.4 jobs (100 jobs, 200 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census. At the census, 6.1% of working residents in Merléac didn’t travel to work at all.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%

On foot4%

Public transport3%

Bicycle1%

Motorbike or scooter0%

100

jobs based in Merléac, 0.4 per working resident

9.5%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€23,340

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageMerléac’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Median income€23,340 a year · Median income per consumption unit Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here100 jobs based here · 0.4 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Merléac costs less than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.29/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Merléac recorded 24 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Merléac€9.29/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Côtes-d'Armor median€11.30/m²

€9.29/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €11.77/m² a month)

€7.86/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageMerléac’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€9.29/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Merléac

12pages on Merléac

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 13 mi away Work & commute100 jobs based here Housing24 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

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The story

Who lives hereMedian age 50.1 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Merléac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-LéonChapel · 15th c.

Classé

Cromlech de LoretteFunerary monument · Prehistory · in Le Quillio, 2.2 mi

Classé

Chapelle Saint-Tugdual, ou Saint-PabuChapel · 16th c. · in Guerlédan, 4 mi

Classé

Manoir de CléhunaultManor house · 15th & 18th c. · in Saint-Martin-des-Prés, 4 mi

Photo credits

Chapelle Saint-Jacques de Saint-Léon: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Merléac

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Merléac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Merléac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côtes-d'Armor →

GuerlédanPlœuc-L'HermitageQuintinLoudéacPlaintelCléguérecMerléac

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Merléac	481	—	—	—	—	—
Guerlédan	2,532	6	—	A	—	C⁺
Plœuc-L'Hermitage	4,103	7.5	—	A⁻	—	C⁺
Quintin	2,739	8.9	A	B	B	A⁻
Loudéac	9,987	9.6	B⁺	B	C	B
Plaintel	4,602	10	—	C⁺	—	C
Cléguérec Morbihan	2,885	13	—	B⁻	—	C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Merléac

Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany

Merléac is a commune of 481 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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: 481 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Département: Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Région: Brittany
Area: 11.7 sq mi (30.4 km²)
INSEE code: 22149

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.