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2010-05- Vue aérienne de Quiberon
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QuiberonMorbihan

A town of 4,876 in Morbihan, Brittany.

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Photo: Loïc LE BAIL · CC BY 4.0
2010-05- Vue aérienne de Quiberon

Quiberon, Morbihan · Loïc LE BAIL · CC BY 4.0

Is Quiberon a good place to live?

Quiberon grades D overall: better than 7% of compared French towns, and #52 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 32% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

What makes Quiberon stand out

The 3 things Quiberon does most differently from other towns.

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How Quiberon grades

Each subject compares Quiberon 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

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Menhir de la pointe d'Er-Limouzen
Menhir de la pointe d'Er-Limouzen · Classé · Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quiberon’s story

Quiberon in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Quiberon counts 17 historic monuments: 16 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

That’s 35 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

  • 1889First protected: Premier menhir de Mané-Meur
  • 1978Most recently protected: Menhir de Goulvarc'h
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Nearby attractions

Jardin du Ragot and 10 more in and around Quiberon

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quiberon.

Who lives here

Quiberon skews older, with 48% of residents 65 or over, more than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 7.6%, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 5.5% of residents. Among adults, 28% have a degree.

63.9median age
QuiberonMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 84 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.

Ages and diplomas in Quiberon
QuiberonMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 157.6%15%17%
15–245.5%9.3%11%
25–4413%20%23%
45–6426%28%26%
65+48%27%22%
No diploma15%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education28%30%30%

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

History

17 historic monuments in Quiberon, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns

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

Quiberon has 35 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Allée couverte de la Pointe-de-Guéritte. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. 15 of the 17 are tombs and funerary monuments.

17historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé16
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected
5.7%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
35
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

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

HousingCost of living D

Homes in Quiberon cost more than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €5,248/m²

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

Houses sell for €4,924/m² in Quiberon, apartments for €5,543/m². The town is the second most expensive of the 88 towns in Morbihan, at €5,248/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.82/m² a month, above both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€5,248/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Quiberon€5,248/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€4,924/m²253
Apartments€5,543/m²313
€14.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.40 to €19.28/m² a month)
13.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique

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

HealthHealth D

More deaths than Quiberon’s ages would predict, 105 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

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

France’s death rates at each age would predict 881 deaths in Quiberon from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,047, 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Quiberon is Chba site D Auray, 14.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Quiberon can choose among 5 GPs. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.

+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw119
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Quiberon · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
20.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Unemployment in Quiberon, 14.3%, runs above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs based in Quiberon number 2,250, against 1,450 residents in work (1.6 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,220 a year. Public transport took 2.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.

32%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving58%
On foot17%
Bicycle12%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport3%
2,250
jobs based in Quiberon, 1.6 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns

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

Safety

Quiberon sees more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns

In 2025, 178 offenses were recorded in Quiberon. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.1 violent offenses and 21.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).

10.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage66
Other physical violence26
Burglary25
Family violence23
Sexual violence21
Theft from vehicles17
Theft without violence64
Fraud39
Drug use31

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.

10.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
178
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.1%
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 armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 2.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Quiberon

14pages on Quiberon

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Quiberon counts 17 historic monuments: 16 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Allée couverte de la Pointe-de-Guéritte: Photo: Nweider · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deux menhirs couchés: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deuxième menhir de Mané-Meur: Photo: Wikicaro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen du Conguel: Photo: Nweider · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Quiberon

One notable person was born in Quiberon.

Their page →
Photo credits

Marc Gontard: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0

Quiberon’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 →
CarnacLe PalaisErdevenCrachPloemelBelzCarnacLe PalaisErdevenCrachPloemelBelzQuiberon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Quiberon4,876—DDC−D
Carnac4,1947.6CDD−B
Le Palais2,59910D−DC−D−
Erdeven4,00811D−C−CD
Crach3,42311—D—C−
Ploemel3,17512C−C−BC−
Belz3,89313DC−BD

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

Questions about Quiberon

Is Quiberon safe?

It grades C− for safety, #51 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 66 acts of criminal damage.

Is Quiberon expensive to live in?

Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Quiberon grades D for cost of living.

About Quiberon

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Quiberon is a commune of 4,876 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre 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

Population
4,876 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
3.5 sq mi (9.1 km²)
INSEE code
56186

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.