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A town of 1,943 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Damgan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Damgan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Damgan 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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Damgan has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Damgan.
Children under 15 make up 6.2% of residents. 57% of residents are 65 or over, above Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Damgan | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.2% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 8.2% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 57% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Damgan: €4,091/m² for houses, €5,222/m² for apartments. Of the homes sold, 71% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.33/m² a month, near Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,091/m² | 165 |
| Apartments | €5,222/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Damgan records 95 deaths per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 349 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 354, 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Damgan is Chba site de Vannes, 12.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Damgan have one GP on hand.
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.
In 2025, 44 offenses were recorded in Damgan. Graded property crimes ran at 20 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 23.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.7% of the total, below Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 10.3%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Morbihan’s towns (8.7%). Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Damgan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tour des Anglais (anciennement tour de Penerf): Photo: Rosescreen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Damgan yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damgan | 1,943 | — | — | D | C+ | C |
| Surzur | 5,211 | 4.7 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Muzillac | 5,089 | 5.5 | A | C | B+ | B− |
| Noyal-Muzillac | 2,548 | 8 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Sarzeau | 9,212 | 8.2 | B | C− | B− | B− |
| Theix-Noyalo | 8,500 | 8.3 | B+ | C | B | C |
| Sulniac | 3,852 | 10 | — | B | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Damgan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Damgan is a commune of 1,943 people in the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne. 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.