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Population 2,645: a town in Morbihan, Brittany.
Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well (D): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Dolay has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Dolay 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.
Saint-Dolay has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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Saint-Dolay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Dolay.
At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €24,470 a year per consumption unit, below Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 10.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €2,052/m², below Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Saint-Dolay from July 2023 to June 2026: 92 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,052/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
185 deaths in Saint-Dolay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 201: 8% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Dolay is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 8.8 mi away. In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Dolay is Chapelle Sainte-Anne. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, lower than Morbihan’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.3% of residents. The middle age in Saint-Dolay is 43.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Dolay | Morbihan median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Dolay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Sainte-Anne: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Dolay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Dolay | 2,645 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 5,709 | 4.4 | A− | B | A | C− |
| Nivillac | 4,951 | 4.7 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Rieux | 2,856 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois Loire-Atlantique | 3,860 | 6.2 | A− | B | B | C |
| Allaire | 3,955 | 6.7 | A− | B | A | D |
| La Chapelle-des-Marais Loire-Atlantique | 4,492 | 7.6 | — | C | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Dolay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Dolay grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Saint-Dolay is a commune of 2,645 people in the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne. 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.