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A town of 2,601 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Gestel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,697/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6.8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Gestel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gestel 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.
Gestel has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gestel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cairn mégalithique à deux dolmens à couloir, dit Le Trou des Chouans, in Quéven, 1.4 mi away.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Gestel. Best known first.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gestel.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Gestel sits above both Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure. Schools rank #2 of 62 in Morbihan.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph KerbellecNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 98%+10 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean - La Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 163 | 98%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 147 residents of Gestel died, against 156 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Gestel below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,697/m², comes from 62 sales of houses and apartments in Gestel from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,811/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 21% are 65 or over, against 9.3% and 27% in the median compared commune of Morbihan. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Morbihan 30%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Gestel | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Gestel is below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Gestel has 350 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 7.6% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gestel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gestel yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Gestel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #2 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,697/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gestel grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Gestel is a commune of 2,601 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
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.