Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.4% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 72% of homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys 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.
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
1840First protected: Église Saint-Gildas
1970Most recently protected: Menhirs de Clos-er-Bé
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
Allée couverte du Net, dite Clos-et-Bé: Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmen situé près du port dit Port aux Moines: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Menhir de Pen-Guen: Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are under 15
65.7median age
39% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 52% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 4% of the town.
Saint-Gildas-de-RhuysMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
52%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys sells for €4,625/m², more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
€4,625/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 91% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.69/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.33/m² a month, close to Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys€4,625/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,537/m²
181
€13.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.57 to €16.80/m² a month)
11.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys is rich in protected monuments: 45 per 10,000 residents, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
9historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys is Allée couverte du Net, dite Clos-et-Bé. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments locally: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 8 of 9.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Morbihan’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys is Chba site de Vannes, 11.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 345 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 297, 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys can choose among 2 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site de Vannes
11.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chba site de Vannes
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys run higher than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €31,750 a year per consumption unit
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Of those in the labour force, 13.4% are unemployed. At the census, 12.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) but below compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, 0.6 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.5 violent offenses and 20.3 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys show 30 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary13
Armed robbery0
Fraud20
Theft without violence10
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.5%
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (27.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys is a commune of 2,004 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes 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
Population
2,004 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
6 sq mi (15.4 km²)
INSEE code
56214
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Is Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys safe?
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys grades C− for cost of living.
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.
