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A town in Morbihan, Brittany, home to 1,264 people.
Lauzach’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. The weak point is walkability (D) — 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lauzach 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 Lauzach 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.
Lauzach has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lauzach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Plessis-Josso, in Theix-Noyalo, 2.4 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lauzach.
The median disposable income was €26,830 a year per consumption unit, close to both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in Lauzach at the census. Of those in the labour force, 9.2% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are 65 or over, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%. Line up the people of Lauzach by age and the one in the middle is 41.1.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Lauzach | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
The market in Lauzach: 24 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.32/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Lauzach come to 93 per 100 predicted. 55 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 59: 7% below. The nearest emergency department to Lauzach is Chba site de Vannes, 10 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Morbihan is 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Lauzach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lauzach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauzach | 1,264 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Sulniac | 3,852 | 3.9 | — | B | — | C |
| Surzur | 5,211 | 4.5 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Noyal-Muzillac | 2,548 | 4.5 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Muzillac | 5,089 | 5 | A | C | B+ | B− |
| Theix-Noyalo | 8,500 | 5.2 | B+ | C | B | C |
| Treffléan | 2,572 | 5.8 | — | B | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lauzach 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 12 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Lauzach is a commune of 1,264 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.