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With 1,944 residents, it is a town in Morbihan, Brittany. It skews young: 16% of residents are 15 to 24.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for health (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,000/m² takes 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Beignon 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.
The 2 things Beignon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beignon 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.
Beignon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is chapelle Saint-Étienne, in Guer, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beignon.
15% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 19%, above Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by a third of adults.
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Beignon | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 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.
Behind the median of €2,000/m²: 52 houses and apartments sold in Beignon between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.43/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 52 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 52 |
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Beignon records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 93 residents of Beignon died, against 94 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Beignon is Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel, 10.8 mi away. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Beignon, 96.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BrocéliandeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 89%−5 pts |
| Lycée BrocéliandeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 127 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 10.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,940 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5.7 (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, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Other places to visit and museums in and near Beignon. Best known first.
Nothing in Beignon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beignon.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beignon | 1,944 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Plélan-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,076 | 3.7 | B | B− | B− | B |
| Guer | 6,208 | 4.2 | A | A− | C+ | B |
| Val d'Anast Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,930 | 8.9 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Mauron | 3,163 | 9.6 | C | B+ | B+ | C |
| Carentoir | 3,232 | 11 | A− | A | B+ | C+ |
| Ploërmel | 10,163 | 11 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beignon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 127 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Brocéliande in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beignon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Beignon is a commune of 1,944 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. 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.