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PorcaroMorbihan

In Morbihan, Brittany, this town has 743 residents.

Is Porcaro a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Porcaro is too small for the grades other French towns get. Homes change hands at a median €1,414/m².

What makes Porcaro stand out

The one thing Porcaro does most differently from other towns.

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Porcaro’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Porcaro’s story

No historic monuments in Porcaro

The Culture ministry lists no building in Porcaro as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is chapelle Saint-Étienne, in Guer, 1.4 mi away.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Porcaro.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Porcaro than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

The under-15s are 18% of the population here. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.

44.4median age
PorcaroMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Porcaro
PorcaroMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+20%27%22%
No diploma19%15%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education22%30%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Porcaro walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%

Porcaro holds 100 jobs; 350 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. 8.4% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,660 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Porcaro, 0.2 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Porcaro than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.22/m² a month

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

Sales in Porcaro from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments.

€1,414/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Porcaro€1,414/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,414/m²32
€9.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.26 to €11.70/m² a month)
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château des Touches and 6 more in and around Porcaro

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Porcaro

13pages on Porcaro

Landmarks

Nothing in Porcaro is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Porcaro

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

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Porcaro’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 →
GuerPlélan-le-GrandCarentoirVal d'AnastPloërmelLa GacillyGuerPlélan-le-GrandCarentoirVal d'AnastPloërmelLa GacillyPorcaro
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Porcaro743—————
Guer6,2083.4AA−C+B
Plélan-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine4,0767.4BB−B−B
Carentoir3,2327.6A−AB+C+
Val d'Anast Ille-et-Vilaine3,9309.1A−A−AC
Ploërmel10,1639.1B+C+C+B−
La Gacilly3,99511AB+A−B−

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

About Porcaro

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Porcaro is a commune of 743 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
743 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
6 sq mi (15.6 km²)
INSEE code
56180

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 November 4, 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.