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With 2,085 residents, it is a town in Morbihan, Brittany.
Pénestin’s strongest subject is jobs & income (B+) — 1 job per working resident; 9.3% unemployment. Crime is the sore point: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 26.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,519/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pénestin 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 3 things Pénestin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pénestin 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.
Pénestin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pénestin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit Le Crapaud, in Billiers, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pénestin.
Aged 15 to 24: 4.8% of residents. 52% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Pénestin | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.8% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 9.9% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 52% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Recorded offenses in Pénestin came to 38 in 2025. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Pénestin (2025).
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, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 428 residents of Pénestin died, against 372 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Pénestin records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). This Morbihan town has one family doctor. In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,519/m²: 206 houses and apartments sold in Pénestin between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.58/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.17/m² a month, in line with Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,510/m² | 185 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Pénestin: 550, for 550 residents in work (1 each). No commute at all: 10.3% of working residents here at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Pénestin. Best known first.
Nothing in Pénestin 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 Pénestin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pénestin | 2,085 | — | — | C | C− | C− |
| Muzillac | 5,089 | 5.6 | A | C | B+ | B− |
| Férel | 3,499 | 6.3 | — | B− | — | D |
| Saint-Molf Loire-Atlantique | 2,870 | 6.4 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Piriac-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 2,685 | 7.4 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Marzan | 2,684 | 7.5 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Herbignac Loire-Atlantique | 7,224 | 7.6 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,519/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pénestin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Pénestin is a commune of 2,085 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap 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
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.