Questembert grades A− overall: better than 78% of compared French towns, and #18 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Questembert 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 Questembert.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Questembert than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 12 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Questembert comes above both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Questembert: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Questembert is Chapelle Saint-Michel.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Questembert runs lower than in 80% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 152 offenses in the graded categories in Questembert in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Questembert, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For armed robbery, 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, 0.8% of the index here.
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage53
Other physical violence26
Burglary20
Family violence17
Sexual violence14
Vehicle theft12
Theft from vehicles10
Fraud63
Theft without violence51
Drug use15
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
152
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of residents are 65 or over
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 27% are 65 or over, against 9.3% and 27% in the median compared commune of Morbihan. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Morbihan 30%, France 30%).
48.3median age
QuestembertMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
The median sale price of homes in Questembert is €2,370/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 278 sales of houses and apartments in Questembert from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,715/m² for the median of compared towns in Morbihan.
€2,370/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Questembert€2,370/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,386/m²
244
Apartments
€2,230/m²
34
€11.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.95 to €14.82/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Questembert Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Questembert’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 872 residents of Questembert died, against 859 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its two care homes for older people (110 places) count their residents as Questembert’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Questembert · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site de Vannes
13.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chba site de Vannes
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Questembert has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.9 for each
11.4% of Questembert’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 83% drove.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,950
jobs based in Questembert, 0.9 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Questembert
Is Questembert safe?
It grades A− for safety, #16 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Questembert good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #36 of 62 in Morbihan. 97% of 132 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marcellin Berthelot in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Questembert expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Questembert grades C+ for cost of living.
About Questembert
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Questembert is a commune of 8,133 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
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.
