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BohalMorbihan

In Morbihan, Brittany, this town has 873 residents.

Is Bohal a good place to live?

Bohal isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Few residents are of retirement age: 13% are 65 or over.

What makes Bohal stand out

The one thing Bohal does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Bohal’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bohal’s story

No historic monuments in Bohal

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bohal as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Allée couverte de Trélan, in Saint-Marcel, 2.8 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bohal.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Bohal: 13% are 15 to 24, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 13% of the town.

40.6median age
BohalMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bohal
BohalMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–2413%9.3%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+13%27%22%
No diploma10%15%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education34%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Bohal has lower unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9%

2.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Bohal has 250 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income was €26,440 a year per consumption unit, close to both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Bohal, 0.5 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bohal costs less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.87/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Bohal: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bohal€10.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Morbihan median€12.68/m²
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.68 to €13.60/m² a month)
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Résistance bretonne and 2 more in and around Bohal

Heritage and museums in and near Bohal. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bohal

12pages on Bohal

Landmarks

Nothing in Bohal is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Bohal

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bohal yet.

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Bohal’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Morbihan →
MalestroitSérentVal d'OustElvenQuestembertPlumelecMalestroitSérentVal d'OustElvenQuestembertPlumelecBohal
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bohal873—————
Malestroit2,5583.3—B−—A
Sérent3,4294—B−—C−
Val d'Oust2,8075.8—B+—A
Elven6,6517.6A−C+A−C+
Questembert8,1338A−C+A−B−
Plumelec2,7549.4—B—B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bohal

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Bohal is a commune of 873 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

Population
873 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.5 km²)
INSEE code
56020

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.