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A town of 1,641 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Caden has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Caden does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Caden 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Caden, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caden.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Adjusted for age and care homes, Caden records 105 deaths per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 164 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 172, 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Caden is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 10.1 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.24/m² a month, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.79/m² a month. Sales in Caden from July 2023 to June 2026: 81 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,676/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 8 mi away. A collège lies 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René Guy CadouNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 88%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 23% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, about level with Morbihan’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Caden has a median age of 49.6 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Caden | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Caden: 350, for 700 residents in work (0.5 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.9% of commuters at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Caden, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Caden has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix de Carlahoux: Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Caden as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caden | 1,641 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Péaule | 2,929 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Allaire | 3,955 | 5.9 | A− | B | A | D |
| Marzan | 2,684 | 6.9 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Nivillac | 4,951 | 7.1 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Questembert | 8,133 | 7.5 | A− | C+ | A− | B− |
| Noyal-Muzillac | 2,548 | 8 | — | B− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Caden has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Caden grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Caden is a commune of 1,641 people in the Communauté de communes Questembert 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.