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A town of 2,271 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Arzon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Arzon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arzon 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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The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Arzon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arzon.
For Arzon, that is below both Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). 55% of residents are 65 or over.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Arzon | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 5% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 10% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 55% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
Arzon sits above both Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. Houses in Arzon sell for €5,429/m² and apartments for €5,192/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,429/m² | 161 |
| Apartments | €5,192/m² | 181 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 43 offenses in the graded categories in Arzon in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22.3 (2023–2025 average). For family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 13.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
That puts Arzon above both Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €31,800 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Arzon is below both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 429 residents of Arzon died, against 480 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Arzon comes above both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Arzon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Arzon is Cromlechs et ilots d'Er-Lanic.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and museums in and near Arzon. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Arzon: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Dolmen du Petit-Mont: Photo: Man vyi · Public domain · Dolmen sous cairn dit de la pointe de Bilgroix: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Butte de Thumiac ou de César: Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cromlechs et ilots d'Er-Lanic: Photo: Jacques Le Letty · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arzon yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage. With 1,250 jobs for 550 working residents, Arzon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.33/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arzon grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Arzon is a commune of 2,271 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.