Sainte-Anne-d'Auray’s schools beat most: bac results 2.1 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate. Overall, Sainte-Anne-d'Auray earns an A−: better than 79% of compared French towns, and #15 of 54 in Morbihan. Crime is low: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 14.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sainte-Anne-d'Auray 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 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray.
Schools
Bac results near Sainte-Anne-d'Auray run high: 99.3% passed, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, 93.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Morbihan’s towns (93.2%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #22 of 62 in Morbihan. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
A home in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray sells for €3,168/m², more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 96% of what sold. A house rents for an estimated €11.73/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 80 homes in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray.
€3,168/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray€3,168/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,213/m²
77
€12.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.89 to €15.76/m² a month)
8.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray has less crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
All told, Sainte-Anne-d'Auray had 49 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary than anything else (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary33
Criminal damage16
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
Theft without violence7
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.5%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 24.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray are under 15, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a third of adults. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with Morbihan’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray are older than 46.7.
46.7median age
Sainte-Anne-d'AurayMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Sainte-Anne-d'Auray sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 92 in Morbihan’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 601 residents of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray died, against 460 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% more. Life expectancy at birth in Morbihan is 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Morbihan town has 5 family doctors.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
8.3 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
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray has 4 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is Site de la basilique de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. The protected list starts in the 16th century. Also worth knowing: homes built before 1919 account for 3.6% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%
Of those in the labour force, 8.0% are unemployed. Sainte-Anne-d'Auray holds 750 jobs; 1,150 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents in the town at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, 0.7 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Croix percée: Photo: Petro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monument au comte de Chambord: Photo: Ayack · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Site de la basilique de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
Is Sainte-Anne-d'Auray safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #28 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #22 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 100% of 189 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sainte-Anne in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sainte-Anne-d'Auray expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Anne-d'Auray grades C for cost of living.
About Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a commune of 2,889 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
2,889 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
