Erdeven grades D− overall: better than 3% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,830/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique.
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 Erdeven 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 Erdeven.
History
Erdeven is rich in protected monuments: 50 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.
Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 17 of 20. Among the classé monuments in Erdeven is Alignements de Kerzérho. On the Culture ministry’s list, Erdeven counts 20 historic monuments: 6 classé at the top level of protection and 12 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Erdeven loses more people than its age profile suggests, 107 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
403 deaths in Erdeven between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 377: 7% above. The nearest emergency department to Erdeven is Chba site D Auray, 8.7 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. Life expectancy at birth in Morbihan is 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Erdeven · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
12.1 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.
Apartments in Erdeven sell for €3,964/m², houses for €3,788/m². Behind the median of €3,830/m²: 198 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 83% were houses.
€3,830/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Erdeven€3,830/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,788/m²
164
Apartments
€3,964/m²
34
€12.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.17 to €16.20/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.51/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
Few people in Erdeven are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%. The age that splits Erdeven in two is 51.7.
51.7median age
ErdevenMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Erdeven, 11.7%, runs above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
6.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Erdeven holds 650 jobs; 1,450 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,160 a year.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Erdeven, 0.5 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Erdeven than in 69% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Erdeven show 89 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.8 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Burglary24
Family violence16
Theft from vehicles16
Armed robbery0
Fraud43
Theft without violence16
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
89
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.7%
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 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, 6.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Erdeven, 86.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). General-bac pupils go 8.8 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.
Alignements de Kerzérho: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen à galerie avec les restes de son tumulus: Photo: Cette photo a été prise par Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) et placée sous les licences ci-dessous. Vous êtes libre de la réutiliser, pour n'importe quelle utilisation, tant que vous me citez en tant qu'auteur, Wikimedia Commons en tant que site et suivez · CC BY 3.0 · Dolmen de Mané-Groh: Photo: Gerhard Haubold · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmens de Mané-Bras dits Lann-Mané-Bras: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Erdeven
Is Erdeven safe?
It grades C for safety, #47 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Erdeven good?
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #58 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Erdeven expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,830/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.84/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Erdeven grades C− for cost of living.
About Erdeven
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Erdeven is a commune of 4,008 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
4,008 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
