Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,856 in Morbihan, Brittany.
Rieux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,671/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Rieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rieux 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.
Rieux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Sauveur, in Redon, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Rieux comes above both Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Hilaire PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 97%+7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 88 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Rieux records 104 deaths per 100 expected, above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 270 residents of Rieux died, against 260 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €24,990 a year per consumption unit. Rieux has 950 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Rieux, that is below both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Rieux | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Rieux sits below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,671/m², comes from 82 sales of houses and apartments in Rieux from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,671/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in Rieux in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 33.0% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Rieux. Best known first.
Nothing in Rieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rieux.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux | 2,856 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Allaire | 3,955 | 3.1 | A− | B | A | D |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon Loire-Atlantique | 3,311 | 3.4 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 9,542 | 3.7 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Saint-Dolay | 2,645 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Bains-sur-Oust Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,535 | 6.7 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois Loire-Atlantique | 3,860 | 7.7 | A− | B | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns and #11 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,671/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rieux grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Rieux is a commune of 2,856 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon 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
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.