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Saint-AllouestreMorbihan

Some 675 people live in this town, in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Saint-Allouestre a good place to live?

Saint-Allouestre isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Croix du Point du Jour
Croix du Point du Jour · Inscrit · Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Allouestre’s story

Saint-Allouestre in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Allouestre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1934.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1934First protected: Croix du Point du Jour
  • 1935Most recently protected: Dolmen de Coët-er-Rui
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Allouestre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Croix du Point du Jour: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in Saint-Allouestre hold a degree than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 18%

43.7median age

People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% of the town. 19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Saint-Allouestre have a median age of 43.7.

Saint-AllouestreMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%

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 Saint-Allouestre
Saint-AllouestreMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–249.3%9.3%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma16%15%19%
CAP or BEP40%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education18%30%30%

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

History

Saint-Allouestre keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919

3historic monuments

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

Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Allouestre is Dolmen de Coët-er-Rui. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1934
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Allouestre than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Per resident in work, Saint-Allouestre counts 0.8 jobs (250 jobs, 300 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,780 a year per consumption unit, below Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents here at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Saint-Allouestre, 0.8 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Saint-Allouestre costs less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.53/m² a month

€10.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. Saint-Allouestre recorded 24 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Allouestre€10.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Morbihan median€12.68/m²
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.20 to €13.51/m² a month)
€9.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Allouestre

12pages on Saint-Allouestre
Nearby attractions

Château de Kerguéhennec and 2 more in and around Saint-Allouestre

Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Allouestre. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Famous people from Saint-Allouestre

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

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About Saint-Allouestre

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Saint-Allouestre is a commune of 675 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan 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
675 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.6 km²)
INSEE code
56204

Saint-Allouestre’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 →
BignanMoréacSaint-Jean-BrévelayLocminéPlumelinPlumelecBignanMoréacSaint-Jean-BrévelayLocminéPlumelinPlumelecSaint-Allouestre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Allouestre675—————
Bignan2,7573.1—B—C−
Moréac3,7043.9—B+—D
Saint-Jean-Brévelay2,8695—B−—D
Locminé4,7735.1A−C+B+A
Plumelin2,8856.9—B—D−
Plumelec2,7547.4—B—B−

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

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.