Guern has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Guern 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 Guern.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Guern is harder to get around on foot than 98% of compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €23,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.7% of commuters at the census. 150 jobs are based in Guern, for 550 working residents (0.3 per worker).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Guern, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Guern sees more deaths than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 122 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 153 deaths in Guern from 2016 to 2025; there were 219, 44% more. The nearest emergency department to Guern is Chcb site Kerio, 9.1 mi away.
+22%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw144
Adjusted122
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Guern · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chcb site Kerio
9.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chcb site Kerio
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Guern than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Morbihan’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older.
49.2median age
GuernMorbihan 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 BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Guern keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Guern has 43 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Notre-Dame-de-Quelven et abords. On the Culture ministry’s list, Guern counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
A home in Guern sells for €1,429/m², less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.63/m² a month, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A home here costs 4 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Pontivy Communauté. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€1,429/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guern€1,429/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,409/m²
56
€13.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.34 to €17.98/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pontivy Communauté
Fontaine de Locmeltro: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de Menorval: Photo: Authueil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvaire et bornes milliaires de Locmeltro: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de Locmeltro: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guern
Is Guern safe?
Guern has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Guern expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guern grades B− for cost of living.
About Guern
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Guern is a commune of 1,411 people in the Communauté de communes Pontivy 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.
