Homes sell for a median €2,692/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (C): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over a quarter of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Arzal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Arzal stand out
The 2 things Arzal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arzal 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arzal.
HealthHealth C
Arzal is 17.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Arzal records 96 deaths per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. One GP practises locally. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 132 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 138: 4% below.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Arzal · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
17.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 29% of people in Arzal are 65 or over, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. The median resident of Arzal is 48.9 years old.
48.9median age
ArzalMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
Arzal is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,692/m²: 79 houses and apartments sold in Arzal between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 87% of what sold. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.42/m² a month.
€2,692/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arzal€2,692/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,682/m²
69
€12.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.60 to €15.42/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer commuters in Arzal walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3%
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Arzal has 850 jobs for 700 working residents, 1.2 per worker. No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents here at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
850
jobs based in Arzal, 1.2 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Arzal has 2 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Arzal is Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lantierne. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Nearly one in ten homes were built before 1919.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arzal
Is Arzal safe?
Arzal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Arzal expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,692/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.17/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arzal grades C for cost of living.
About Arzal
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Arzal is a commune of 1,846 people in the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne. 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
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.
