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CrachMorbihan

A town of 3,423 in Morbihan, Brittany.

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Crach, Morbihan · Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0

Is Crach a good place to live?

Crach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Crach stand out

The 3 things Crach does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Crach grades

Each subject compares Crach 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.

How grading works

Crach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Cimetière
Cimetière · Inscrit · Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crach’s story

Crach in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Crach: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).

That’s 41 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 99% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

  • 1926First protected: Deux dolmens à galerie avec restes de tumulus
  • 2024Most recently protected: Dolmen de Kervin-Brigitte
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château du Plessis-Kaër and 14 more in and around Crach

Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Crach. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crach.

History

Crach is rich in protected monuments: 41 per 10,000 residents, more than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns

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

On this, Crach is above both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Crach: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Crach is Allée couverte coudée avec la base de son tumulus circulaire.

14historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé5
Inscrit9
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected
5%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
41
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

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

HousingCost of living D

A home in Crach sells for €3,803/m², more than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns

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

In the comparison, Crach comes above both Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).

€3,803/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Crach€3,803/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€3,819/m²118
€13.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.00 to €17.12/m² a month)
9.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Older residents shape Crach: 34% are 65 or over, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

For Crach, that is above both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population.

56.8median age
CrachMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Crach
CrachMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–247.3%9.3%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6431%28%26%
65+34%27%22%
No diploma16%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education31%30%30%

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

HealthHealth C−

Crach’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 81% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

After the care-home adjustment, Crach’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 439 residents of Crach died, against 434 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Crach · 5.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
11 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A−

Incomes in Crach run higher than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,960 a year per consumption unit

Crach sits above both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Crach, 1.1 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Crach below Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).

87.0%passed the brevetB−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Crach87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Le VergerNearest collègeCollègeCollège9187%±0 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Safety

Crach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in Crach in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 35.9% of the index here.

2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage17
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence8

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.

2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
35.9%
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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Crach

15pages on Crach

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Crach: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Allée couverte coudée avec la base de son tumulus circulaire: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Crach

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Crach as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Crach’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 →
Le BonoAurayPloemelPluneretCarnacBadenLe BonoAurayPloemelPluneretCarnacBadenCrach
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Crach3,423——D—C−
Le Bono2,6082.6—C−—C−
Auray14,2072.9C+DDC+
Ploemel3,1754C−C−BC−
Pluneret6,2624.2B−C−BC
Carnac4,1944.4CDD−B
Baden5,0864.5B−C−BA−

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

Questions about Crach

Is Crach safe?

Crach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Crach good?

They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #52 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Crach expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Crach grades D for cost of living.

About Crach

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Crach is a commune of 3,423 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
3,423 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
12.2 sq mi (31.7 km²)
INSEE code
56046

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.