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Population 1,750: a town in Morbihan, Brittany.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Loyat 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.
The 2 things Loyat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Loyat 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.
Loyat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Loyat counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
21% 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 Loyat.
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. 176 deaths in Loyat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 140: 25% above. For a family doctor, residents of Loyat have one GP on hand.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,471/m², lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 67 homes in Loyat.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,471/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.2%, below Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.7% of commuters at the census.
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Loyat counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Morbihan’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. Ages in Loyat split evenly at 42.7: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Loyat | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Loyat. Best known first.
The list names few of Loyat’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Loyat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyat | 1,750 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Ploërmel | 10,163 | 4.5 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Mauron | 3,163 | 7.4 | C | B+ | B+ | C |
| Josselin | 2,584 | 7.9 | B | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Val d'Oust | 2,807 | 8.9 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Malestroit | 2,558 | 13 | — | B− | — | A |
| Sérent | 3,429 | 13 | — | B− | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Loyat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Loyat grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Loyat is a commune of 1,750 people in the Ploërmel 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) · 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 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.