Caudan grades B overall: better than 64% of compared French towns, and #33 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,667/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 2.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
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 Caudan 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 Caudan.
Schools
95.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 4.9 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Caudan, 97.9% passed the bac, above Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #10 of 62 in Morbihan.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
7 historic monuments in Caudan, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Caudan has 9.7 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 4 of 7. Among the classé monuments in the town is Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Caudan has a higher adjusted death rate than 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (248 places) count their residents as Caudan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 2% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 800 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,057, 32% 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. Also worth knowing: the town has 6 family doctors.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Caudan · 6.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
3.8 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
177 sales of houses and apartments in Caudan, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,667/m². Houses accounted for nearly nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €10.50/m² a month.
€2,667/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Caudan€2,667/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,637/m²
158
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.38 to €15.50/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Caudan has fewer young adults than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, close to Morbihan’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. At 48.6, the median resident of Caudan sits in the middle of the age range.
48.6median age
CaudanMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Unemployment in Caudan, 7.0%, runs below Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €27,520 a year per consumption unit, about level with Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Caudan didn’t travel to work at all.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,000
jobs based in Caudan, 2.3 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Caudan ranks above 56% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.9 violent offenses and 14.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. With 7,000 jobs for 3,000 working residents, Caudan draws people in from neighbouring communes. In 2025, 175 offenses were recorded in the town. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage60
Theft from vehicles29
Family violence23
Other physical violence23
Sexual violence17
Burglary13
Vehicle theft10
Fraud51
Theft without violence21
Drug use9
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.
7.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
175
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Caudan
Is Caudan safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #42 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Caudan good?
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns and #10 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 100% of 138 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame du Voeu in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Caudan expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,667/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.69/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Caudan grades C for cost of living.
About Caudan
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Caudan is a commune of 7,206 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. 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
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.
