Sauzon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sauzon 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 Sauzon.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Sauzon costs more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €4,891/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.65/m² a month, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Sauzon from July 2023 to June 2026: 57 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 95% were houses.
€4,891/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sauzon€4,891/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,868/m²
54
€14.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.27 to €19.05/m² a month)
12.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Belle-Île-en-Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 31% of people in Sauzon are 65 or over, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). 14% of residents are children under 15. Graduates make up 34% of adults.
51.5median age
SauzonMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Sauzon has higher unemployment than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 12.5%
The median disposable income was €25,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than Morbihan’s towns (€26,665) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 250 jobs are based in Sauzon, for 400 working residents (0.7 per worker). No commute at all: 8.6% of working residents here at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Sauzon, 0.7 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Sauzon is rich in protected monuments: 48 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
15% of homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Sauzon is Menhirs Jean et Jeanne de Kerledan. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Sauzon is 24.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 97 residents of Sauzon died, against 109 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 89 per 100 expected, near both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88).
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Sauzon · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
24.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
27.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Corps de garde de la Pointe des Poulains, dit Fort Sarah Bernhardt: Photo: Patrice78500 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Champ de tumuli, dit Tumuli de la Lande du Semis: Photo: Patrice78500 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Sauzon
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sauzon yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sauzon
Is Sauzon safe?
Sauzon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sauzon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sauzon grades D for cost of living.
About Sauzon
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Sauzon is a commune of 1,036 people in the Communauté de communes de Belle-Île-en-Mer. 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.
