Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,992/m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté. Its weakest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Jean-Brévelay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-Brévelay 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 2 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-Brévelay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
Pierre Gillet, born in 1897, is the one person born in Saint-Jean-Brévelay before 1900 that Wikidata records.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-Brévelay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Menhir du Moustoir: Photo: Koinzel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jean-de-Berveley: Photo: Fgaret · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-Brévelay.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saint-Jean-Brévelay’s ages would predict, 107 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Morbihan live to 85.4 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 332 deaths in Saint-Jean-Brévelay from 2016 to 2025; there were 475, 43% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-Brévelay is Chba site de Vannes, 12.1 mi away. 4 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw143
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Jean-Brévelay · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site de Vannes
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Jean-Brévelay than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Saint-Jean-Brévelay didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €25,470 a year per consumption unit, lower than Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 8.9% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Saint-Jean-Brévelay, 1.2 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Jean-Brévelay: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Jean-Brévelay is Menhir du Moustoir. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. One in ten homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Jean-Brévelay than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.87/m² a month
€1,992/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
91 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-Brévelay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,992/m². Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 91 homes were sold in the town.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-Brévelay€1,992/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,923/m²
87
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.28 to €14.27/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Jean-Brévelay hold a degree than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 21%
45.5median age
The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Morbihan’s towns (15%). Saint-Jean-Brévelay has a median age of 45.5 years.
Saint-Jean-BrévelayMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%
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%.
Saint-Jean-Brévelay is a commune of 2,869 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
2,869 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Centre Morbihan Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
16.1 sq mi (41.7 km²)
INSEE code
56222
Saint-Jean-Brévelay’s 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-Jean-Brévelay
Is Saint-Jean-Brévelay safe?
Saint-Jean-Brévelay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,500 jobs for 1,200 working residents, Saint-Jean-Brévelay draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Saint-Jean-Brévelay good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #53 of 62 in Morbihan. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-Brévelay expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,992/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-Brévelay grades B− 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.
