Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guéhenno.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Guéhenno hold a degree than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 20%
16% are under 15, between Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.9% of residents. Over-65s are 27% of the population.
48.8median age
GuéhennoMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Guéhenno: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4 of the 6 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Guéhenno is Manoir de Le May, appelé aussi Le Mée, ou Lemais. The town has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Money is tighter in Guéhenno than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,830 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Guéhenno number 100, against 350 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 9.8% of working residents in Guéhenno didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Guéhenno, 0.4 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Guéhenno than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.01/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,628/m², lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 32 homes in Guéhenno.
€1,628/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guéhenno€1,628/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,620/m²
31
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.87 to €11.81/m² a month)
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Manoir de Le May, appelé aussi Le Mée, ou Lemais: Photo: Hanzo56 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix monolithe: Photo: Hanzo56 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire du 16e siècle: Photo: Auteurp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Auteurp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Guéhenno
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Guéhenno yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Guéhenno
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Guéhenno is a commune of 814 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté. 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
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.
