Belz grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns, and #51 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,514/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Its strongest is safety (B): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Belz 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 Belz.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Belz than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 26 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Belz is Dolmen à galerie. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments locally: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 8 of 10.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Belz loses more people than its age profile suggests, 109 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Belz can choose among 6 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Belz is Chba site D Auray, 9 mi away. 744 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 571: 30% above. Average lifespans in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Belz · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Belz skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 25% of adults, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 are 6.2% of the population. Children are just over a tenth of the town.
57.7median age
BelzMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
Belz gets a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
176 sales of houses and apartments in Belz, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,514/m². A house in Belz goes for €3,322/m², an apartment for €3,641/m². Houses accounted for 80% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,514/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Belz€3,514/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,322/m²
140
Apartments
€3,641/m²
36
€13.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €16.68/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Belz are out of work than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 11.8%
1,050 jobs are based in Belz, for 1,250 working residents (0.8 per worker). 7.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Belz didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,050
jobs based in Belz, 0.8 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,590
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 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Belz, 86.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2 mi off. General-bac pupils go 9 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Belz is lower than in 59% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Belz was burglary (2025). 67 offenses were reported in Belz during 2025.
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary37
Criminal damage13
Family violence9
Theft from vehicles8
Fraud18
Theft without violence14
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
67
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.6%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual 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, 12.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Dolmen à galerie: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen à galerie: Photo: Linou74 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen à galerie avec la base de son tumulus: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Belz
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Belz yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belz
Is Belz safe?
It grades B for safety, #34 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Belz good?
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #58 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Belz expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,514/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.20/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Belz grades C− for cost of living.
About Belz
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Belz is a commune of 3,893 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
3,893 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
