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A town of 3,499 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Férel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,343/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2.6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Férel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Férel 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.
Férel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Férel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lantierne, in Arzal, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Férel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Férel. The nearest emergency department to Férel is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 15.6 mi away. Also worth knowing: from 2016 to 2025, 406 residents of Férel died, against 292 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. Average lifespans in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs located in Férel: 450, for 1,450 residents in work (0.3 each). At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Férel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Férel, 94.3% passed the brevet, close to Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 11.4 mi off. Results rank its schools #20 of 62 in Morbihan.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 99%+6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph - La Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 128 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). 26% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Férel | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 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.
126 sales of houses and apartments in Férel, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,343/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €9.94/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.98/m² a month, lower than Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,343/m² | 126 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 6 graded property crimes a year. The 2025 count: 25 offenses in Férel. The commonest graded crime locally 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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 40.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Férel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Férel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Férel | 3,499 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Herbignac Loire-Atlantique | 7,224 | 3 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Marzan | 2,684 | 3.7 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Nivillac | 4,951 | 4.6 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| La Chapelle-des-Marais Loire-Atlantique | 4,492 | 5.3 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Péaule | 2,929 | 6.5 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Lyphard Loire-Atlantique | 5,304 | 7.3 | B | C | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Férel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #20 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,343/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Férel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Férel is a commune of 3,499 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap 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
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.