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Le CoursMorbihan

A town of 697 in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Le Cours a good place to live?

Le Cours is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Le Cours’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Cours’ story

No historic monuments in Le Cours

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Cours as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Brignac, in Saint-Guyomard, 3.7 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Cours.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Le Cours are under 15, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Le Cours are older than 38.2.

38.2median age
Le CoursMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Cours
Le CoursMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1521%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4429%20%23%
45–6422%28%26%
65+18%27%22%
No diploma13%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat26%19%18%
Higher education27%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Le Cours than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 3.6%

Jobs based in Le Cours number 50, against 350 residents in work (0.1 per worker). 8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents here at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Le Cours, 0.1 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Le Cours costs less than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.87/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Le Cours from July 2023 to June 2026: 24 houses and apartments.

€10.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Cours€10.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Morbihan median€12.68/m²
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.68 to €13.60/m² a month)
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Cours

12pages on Le Cours

Landmarks

Nothing in Le Cours is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Le Cours

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Cours yet.

How we find them →

Le Cours’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Morbihan →
ElvenSérentQuestembertSulniacTreffléanMalestroitElvenSérentQuestembertSulniacTreffléanMalestroitLe Cours
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Cours697—————
Elven6,6514A−C+A−C+
Sérent3,4295.7—B−—C−
Questembert8,1335.8A−C+A−B−
Sulniac3,8526.1—B—C
Treffléan2,5726.9—B—B+
Malestroit2,5587.3—B−—A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Le Cours

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Le Cours is a commune of 697 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

Population
697 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Questembert Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.7 km²)
INSEE code
56045

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 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.