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LizioMorbihan

With 840 residents, it is a town in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Lizio a good place to live?

There are no grades for Lizio: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.

What makes Lizio stand out

The one thing Lizio does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle et fontaine Sainte-Catherine
Chapelle et fontaine Sainte-Catherine · Inscrit · Photo: P.a.lorjoux · Public domain
Lizio’s story

Lizio in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lizio, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1935First protected: Chapelle et fontaine Sainte-Catherine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lizio.

Who lives here

Few people in Lizio are 15 to 24: 6.9%, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns

Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Morbihan’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents.

46.9median age
LizioMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lizio
LizioMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–246.9%9.3%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6427%28%26%
65+26%27%22%
No diploma15%15%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education26%30%30%

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

History

Lizio keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lizio, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
1935
first monument protected
23%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Lizio walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 2.3%

Per resident in work, Lizio counts 0.3 jobs (100 jobs, 350 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Lizio, 0.3 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 Lizio costs less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.29/m² a month

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

Lizio recorded 29 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lizio€10.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Morbihan median€12.68/m²
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.01 to €13.22/m² a month)
€8.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Insectarium and 8 more in and around Lizio

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lizio. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Lizio

12pages on Lizio

Landmarks

Lizio has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Chapelle et fontaine Sainte-Catherine: Photo: P.a.lorjoux · Public domain

Famous people from Lizio

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lizio yet.

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Lizio’s 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 →
SérentVal d'OustPlumelecJosselinPloërmelMalestroitSérentVal d'OustPlumelecJosselinPloërmelMalestroitLizio
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lizio840—————
Sérent3,4292.9—B−—C−
Val d'Oust2,8074—B+—A
Plumelec2,7545.5—B—B−
Josselin2,5846.4BB+C+C−
Ploërmel10,1637.3B+C+C+B−
Malestroit2,5587.5—B−—A

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

About Lizio

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Lizio is a commune of 840 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. 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
840 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
6.5 sq mi (16.9 km²)
INSEE code
56112

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.