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1,495 people live in this town in Morbihan, Brittany.
La Vraie-Croix’s strongest is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability: three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,143/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Questembert Communauté.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Vraie-Croix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Vraie-Croix 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.
La Vraie-Croix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in La Vraie-Croix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in La Vraie-Croix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Fontaine du Saint: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Vraie-Croix.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 115 residents of La Vraie-Croix died, against 118 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Vraie-Croix is Chba site de Vannes, 10.3 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income was €26,120 a year per consumption unit, near both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when just over one in ten homes were built. Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents. Ages in La Vraie-Croix split evenly at 45.5: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| La Vraie-Croix | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
Behind the median of €2,143/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in La Vraie-Croix between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.71/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,143/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 9.4. The 2025 count: 16 offenses in La Vraie-Croix. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 54.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Vraie-Croix yet.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
La Vraie-Croix is a commune of 1,495 people in the Communauté de communes Questembert 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vraie-Croix | 1,495 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Sulniac | 3,852 | 2.6 | — | B | — | C |
| Elven | 6,651 | 4.1 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Questembert | 8,133 | 4.1 | A− | C+ | A− | B− |
| Treffléan | 2,572 | 4.3 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Nolff | 3,990 | 6.2 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Theix-Noyalo | 8,500 | 7.3 | B+ | C | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Vraie-Croix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,143/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Vraie-Croix grades B− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.
