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Population 1,551: a town in Morbihan, Brittany.
Cost of living is its strong suit (B) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D): 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Berné 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 one thing Berné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Berné 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.
Berné 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 Berné as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église ou chapelle Notre-Dame, in Kernascléden, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berné.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Berné is Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve, 11.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 165 residents of Berné died, against 132 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. In Morbihan, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.6%, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,220 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.18/m² a month, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 58 homes in Berné. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.32/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,556/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. What’s more, the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Berné | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Berné. Best known first.
Nothing in Berné is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Berné.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Berné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Berné grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Berné is a commune of 1,551 people in the Communauté de communes Roi Morvan Communauté. 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.