Jobs & income is its strong suit (B+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 13% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Locoal-Mendon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Locoal-Mendon 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 Locoal-Mendon.
History
Locoal-Mendon is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Locoal-Mendon: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-Bras. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. 9.1% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Locoal-Mendon, 7.3%, runs below Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
5.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €27,200 a year per consumption unit, about level with Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Locoal-Mendon, 0.6 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Locoal-Mendon cost more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,047/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.31/m² a month. Locoal-Mendon recorded 73 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €12.84/m² a month, close to both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€3,047/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Locoal-Mendon€3,047/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,062/m²
72
€12.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.17 to €16.20/m² a month)
7.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 21% of people in Locoal-Mendon are 65 or over, fewer than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
35% of adults hold a degree, above both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 18% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
46.2median age
Locoal-MendonMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Locoal-Mendon has a higher adjusted death rate than 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Morbihan, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 255 deaths in Locoal-Mendon from 2016 to 2025; there were 227, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Locoal-Mendon is Chba site D Auray, 6.4 mi away. The town has 5 family doctors.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Locoal-Mendon · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
12.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Locoal-Mendon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
For 2025, the figures show 25 offenses in Locoal-Mendon. Violence against people ran at 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.7 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Fraud20
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.
2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 40.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Cache de Cadoudal and 2 more in and around Locoal-Mendon
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Locoal-Mendon. Best known first.
Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-Bras: Photo: Camille56 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmen à galerie à support gravé de Mané-er-Loh, dit Mané-Bras: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lech de Pen-er-Pont: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lech Men-er-Menah: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Locoal-Mendon
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Locoal-Mendon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Locoal-Mendon
Is Locoal-Mendon safe?
Locoal-Mendon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Locoal-Mendon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Locoal-Mendon grades C− for cost of living.
About Locoal-Mendon
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Locoal-Mendon is a commune of 3,530 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
3,530 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
