Baden grades B− overall: better than 53% of compared French towns, and #40 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Baden 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 Baden.
History
Baden is rich in protected monuments: 12 per 10,000 residents, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Baden has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 4 of 6. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Baden hold a degree than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 48%
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6.8% of residents. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, above Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here.
56.5median age
BadenMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education48%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. 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−
Buying in Baden costs more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,437/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 150 homes were sold in Baden. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.92/m² a month. The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
€4,437/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Baden€4,437/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,578/m²
137
€13.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.41 to €16.98/m² a month)
11.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Baden run below what its ages would predict: 78 per 100 expected, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
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 559 deaths in Baden from 2016 to 2025; there were 436, 22% fewer. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Baden · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Baden is better off than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,260 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Baden: 1,000, for 1,850 residents in work (0.5 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.9%, about level with Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Baden, 0.5 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Baden than in 56% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Baden logged 107 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 16.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.5 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was burglary (2025).
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary53
Criminal damage21
Theft from vehicles19
Family violence14
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence30
Fraud30
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
107
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Baden
Is Baden safe?
It grades B for safety, #39 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Is Baden expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.29/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Baden grades C− for cost of living.
About Baden
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Baden is a commune of 5,086 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
Population
5,086 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
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.
