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A town of 5,835 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Arradon grades A overall: better than 87% of compared French towns, and #9 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Arradon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arradon 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.
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Arradon has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1955.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Arradon. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arradon.
Among adults, 53% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Arradon in two is 56.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Arradon | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.55/m² a month, above both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Arradon sell for €4,686/m², houses for €5,000/m². Among the homes sold, 66% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,000/m² | 134 |
| Apartments | €4,686/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 896 deaths in Arradon from 2016 to 2025; there were 724, 19% fewer. There are 10 general practitioners in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Arradon is 94.6%, lower than Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) yet higher than compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #30 of 62 in Morbihan.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jean Baptiste PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph - La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 72 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Georges PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 89 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 4.7% of Arradon’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.6% of working residents in Arradon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Arradon. All told, Arradon had 114 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.4 cases of violence against people and 15.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.5% of the total, above Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Arradon has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
3 notable people were born in Arradon.
François Mahé: NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 915-3100, CC BY-SA 3.0
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It grades B+ for safety, #30 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 61 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #30 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 100% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph - La Salle in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arradon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Arradon is a commune of 5,835 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.