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1,037 people live in this town in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Priziac a good place to live?

Priziac’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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. Priziac 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.

What makes Priziac stand out

The 2 things Priziac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Priziac grades

Each subject compares Priziac 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.

How grading works

Priziac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthHealth outcomes are among the weakest comparedD−Open →Jobs & income12.8% unemploymentDOpen →WalkabilityBehind most towns comparedC−Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnB+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas
Chapelle Saint-Nicolas · Classé · Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Priziac’s story

Priziac in pictures

Priziac has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1922.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1922First protected: Chapelle Saint-Nicolas
  • 1975Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Yves
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Priziac.

HealthHealth D−

Priziac loses more people than its age profile suggests, 116 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Priziac is Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve, 14.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 131 residents of Priziac died, against 113 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has one family doctor.

+16%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw116
Adjusted116
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Priziac · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve
16.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Priziac has higher unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 12.8%

The median disposable income was €23,620 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.4% of commuters at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Priziac, 0.8 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns

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

HousingCost of living B+

Homes in Priziac cost less than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,349/m²

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

Advertised rents are estimated at €10.18/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 55 homes in Priziac. A house rents for an estimated €7.08/m² a month.

€1,349/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Priziac€1,349/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,349/m²55
€10.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.23 to €12.60/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Roi Morvan Communauté

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

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Priziac than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. 27% of residents are 65 or over, close to Morbihan’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Priziac: 50.2, the median.

50.2median age
PriziacMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

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 Priziac
PriziacMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–2412%9.3%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma18%15%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education23%30%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Priziac: 13% were built before 1919, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Among the classé monuments in Priziac is Chapelle Saint-Nicolas. This Morbihan town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1922
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Nearby attractions

Manoir de Priziac and 2 more in and around Priziac

Heritage and museums in and near Priziac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Priziac

15pages on Priziac

Landmarks

Priziac has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Beheau: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir du 16e siècle: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Yves: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Priziac

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Priziac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Priziac’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 →
Le FaouëtPlouayGourinMellacRostrenenScaërLe FaouëtPlouayGourinMellacRostrenenScaërPriziac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Priziac1,037——B+—D−
Le Faouët2,8143.5B+C+BC+
Plouay5,75510BB−AC−
Gourin3,96010B+BBC−
Mellac Finistère3,40413—B−—C
Rostrenen Côtes-d'Armor3,28213AAC+B
Scaër Finistère5,17814C+A−A−D

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

Questions about Priziac

Is Priziac safe?

Priziac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Priziac expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Priziac grades B+ for cost of living.

About Priziac

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Priziac is a commune of 1,037 people in the Communauté de communes Roi Morvan 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

Population
1,037 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Roi Morvan Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
17.7 sq mi (45.8 km²)
INSEE code
56182

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.