Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 58% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add schools to its strengths: brevet results 4.1 points above the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It has 750 jobs for 500 working residents.
Saint-Marcel 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-Marcel 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Marcel.
HealthHealth A+
Saint-Marcel loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 42 per 100 expected, below Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
61 deaths in Saint-Marcel between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 111: 45% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Marcel is Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel, 9 mi away. Average lifespans in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−58%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw55
Adjusted42
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Marcel · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Schools around Saint-Marcel do better than those of 95% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Marcel, 96.5% passed the brevet, above both Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Marcel has 1.5 jobs for every resident in work
7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €26,790 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment runs at 8.7%.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
750
jobs based in Saint-Marcel, 1.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,790
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 30% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Saint-Marcel, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 4.9%. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Marcel is Allée couverte de Trélan. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Marcel are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 17%, above Morbihan’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of Saint-Marcel are older than 46.8.
46.8median age
Saint-MarcelMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Marcel
Is Saint-Marcel safe?
Saint-Marcel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Marcel good?
They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Saint-Marcel
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Saint-Marcel is a commune of 1,155 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oust à Brocéliande. 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
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.
