Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Port-Louis has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Port-Louis 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 Port-Louis.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Port-Louis than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 35 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Port-Louis is Fortifications de la ville : Bastion 17 dit Le Papegaut. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in the town: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Since 2006, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. 5 of the 9 are castles and fortifications.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D−
Mortality in Port-Louis, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns: 117 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 474 residents of Port-Louis died, against 405 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. This Morbihan town has one family doctor.
+17%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted117
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Port-Louis · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
3.1 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
Port-Louis skews older, with 38% of residents 65 or over, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 11%, below both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Port-Louis is 57.7.
57.7median age
Port-LouisMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Port-Louis costs more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.87/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Port-Louis: €3,412/m² for houses, €3,431/m² for apartments. The median price, €3,412/m², comes from 119 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 55% were houses.
€3,412/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Port-Louis€3,412/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,412/m²
65
Apartments
€3,431/m²
54
€14.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.89 to €18.60/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Port-Louis, 14.4%, runs above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,930 a year. Jobs based in Port-Louis number 550, against 800 residents in work (0.7 per worker). 22.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport13%
On foot6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Port-Louis, 0.7 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 2.2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 92% passed the bac pro, of 223 candidates at 3 lycées. The bac pass rate near Port-Louis is 96.1%, close to Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #51 of 62 in Morbihan.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Port-Louis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Port-Louis (2025). For 2025, the figures show 34 offenses in the town. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.3 cases of violence against people and 10.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence19
Criminal damage15
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
Theft without violence12
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
34
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.8%
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 other physical 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, 27.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Fortifications de la ville : Citadelle et remparts: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Jackmame (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fortifications de la ville : Petite Poudrière: Photo: user:XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY 3.0 · Fontaine des Récollets: Photo: Al1moro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fortifications de la ville : Esplanades des Pâtis et du Bois d'Amour: Photo: user:XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Port-Louis
Is Port-Louis safe?
Port-Louis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Port-Louis good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #51 of 62 in Morbihan. 98% of 315 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Louis in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Port-Louis expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,412/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Port-Louis grades D for cost of living.
About Port-Louis
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Port-Louis is a commune of 2,608 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. 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
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.
