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Saint-AignanMorbihan

The town, home to 637 people, lies in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Saint-Aignan a good place to live?

Saint-Aignan is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 24% of its housing. Homes go for a median €1,417/m². 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-Aignan stand out

The 3 things Saint-Aignan does most differently from other towns.

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Camp protohistorique dit du Castel-Finans
Camp protohistorique dit du Castel-Finans · Classé · Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Aignan’s story

Saint-Aignan in pictures

Saint-Aignan has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1971.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1971First protected: Camp protohistorique dit du Castel-Finans
  • 1995Most recently protected: Site archéologique du Corboulo
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aignan.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Aignan are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The age that splits Saint-Aignan in two is 49.3. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Morbihan 30%, France 30%).

49.3median age
Saint-AignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Aignan
Saint-AignanMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–248.3%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6425%28%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma16%15%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education30%30%30%

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

History

Saint-Aignan keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Aignan is Camp protohistorique dit du Castel-Finans. This Morbihan town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1971
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-Aignan has higher unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 13.6%

At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Saint-Aignan number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.3 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,390 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Aignan, 0.3 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 8.1 mi away.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Aignan91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollègeCollège4691%+2 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Aignan costs less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.29/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 35 homes were sold in Saint-Aignan. That is the middle of 35 sales of houses and apartments here 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.

€1,417/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Aignan€1,417/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,417/m²35
€9.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €11.77/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Aignan

14pages on Saint-Aignan

Landmarks

Saint-Aignan has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Site archéologique du Corboulo: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ferme Le Corboulo: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Aignan

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Aignan yet.

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Saint-Aignan’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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GuerlédanCléguérecPontivyNoyal-PontivyLoudéacRostrenenGuerlédanCléguérecPontivyNoyal-PontivyLoudéacRostrenenSaint-Aignan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Aignan637—————
Guerlédan Côtes-d'Armor2,5323—A—C+
Cléguérec2,8854.2—B−—C
Pontivy14,6408.3B−B−C−C
Noyal-Pontivy3,60610—C+—C+
Loudéac Côtes-d'Armor9,98713B+BCB
Rostrenen Côtes-d'Armor3,28214AAC+B

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

About Saint-Aignan

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Saint-Aignan is a commune of 637 people in the Communauté de communes Pontivy 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
637 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pontivy Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.6 km²)
INSEE code
56203

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 November 4, 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.