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A town of 1,633 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Molac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Molac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Molac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Molac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Michel, in Questembert, 4.7 mi away.
13% 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 Molac.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,480 a year per consumption unit, below both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). 200 jobs are based in Molac, for 700 working residents (0.3 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 7.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Molac records 102 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 108 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 111, 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Molac is Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel, 14.4 mi away. At birth, a girl in Morbihan can expect 85.4 years and a boy 79.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.29/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.33/m² a month. Also worth knowing: between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 41 homes in Molac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,783/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.2% of the population. Residents of Molac have a median age of 41.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Molac | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Molac was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Molac show 9 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 65.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Molac. Best known first.
Nothing in Molac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Molac yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molac | 1,633 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Questembert | 8,133 | 4.3 | A− | C+ | A− | B− |
| Malestroit | 2,558 | 6.1 | — | B− | — | A |
| Elven | 6,651 | 7.1 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Sérent | 3,429 | 7.3 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Sulniac | 3,852 | 7.6 | — | B | — | C |
| Treffléan | 2,572 | 9.2 | — | B | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Molac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Molac grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Molac is a commune of 1,633 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) · 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.