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A town of 547 in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Buléon a good place to live?

Buléon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Fontaine Sainte-Anne
Fontaine Sainte-Anne · Inscrit · Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buléon’s story

Buléon in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Buléon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

  • 1925First protected: Chapelle Sainte-Anne
  • 1934Most recently protected: Fontaine Sainte-Anne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buléon.

History

3 historic monuments, none of them classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Buléon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
17th c.
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fewer people in Buléon hold a degree than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 13%

For Buléon, that is below both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.

44.8median age
BuléonMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education13%

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 Buléon
BuléonMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–249.8%9.3%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+20%27%22%
No diploma25%15%19%
CAP or BEP37%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education13%30%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Buléon walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6%

Buléon sits below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €24,160 a year per consumption unit. Buléon has 100 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Buléon, 0.5 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Buléon than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.01/m² a month

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

That puts Buléon below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Buléon€9.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Morbihan median€12.68/m²
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.87 to €11.81/m² a month)
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Buléon

11pages on Buléon

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Buléon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle Sainte-Anne: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine Sainte-Anne: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Buléon

One notable person was born in Buléon.

Their page →

Buléon’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 →
BignanJosselinSaint-Jean-BrévelayMoréacPlumelecLocminéBignanJosselinSaint-Jean-BrévelayMoréacPlumelecLocminéBuléon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Buléon547—————
Bignan2,7575.8—B—C−
Josselin2,5846.3BB+C+C−
Saint-Jean-Brévelay2,8696.5—B−—D
Moréac3,7046.6—B+—D
Plumelec2,7547—B—B−
Locminé4,7738A−C+B+A

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

About Buléon

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Buléon is a commune of 547 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan 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

Population
547 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
56027

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.