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SilfiacMorbihan

A town of 491 in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Silfiac a good place to live?

Silfiac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Silfiac stand out

The 2 things Silfiac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-Laurent
Chapelle Saint-Laurent · Inscrit · Photo: Elita1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silfiac’s story

Silfiac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Silfiac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1925First protected: Chapelle Saint-Laurent
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Silfiac.

History

Silfiac keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Silfiac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Silfiac than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, below Morbihan’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. At 48.4, the median resident of Silfiac sits in the middle of the age range.

48.4median age
SilfiacMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Silfiac
SilfiacMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–249.6%9.3%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6432%28%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma18%15%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%19%18%
Higher education22%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Silfiac are out of work than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.8%

At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 200 residents in work, Silfiac has 100 jobs: 0.4 each. Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,920 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Silfiac, 0.4 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Homes in Silfiac cost less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,165/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The estimated advertised rent is €10.44/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.86/m² a month. Sales in Silfiac from July 2023 to June 2026: 30 houses and apartments.

€1,165/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Silfiac€1,165/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,165/m²30
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.98 to €13.67/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Silfiac

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Landmarks

Silfiac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Chapelle Saint-Laurent: Photo: Elita1 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Silfiac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Silfiac yet.

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Silfiac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Morbihan →
CléguérecRostrenenGuerlédanPontivyNoyal-PontivyPluméliau-BieuzyCléguérecRostrenenGuerlédanPontivyNoyal-PontivyPluméliau-BieuzySilfiac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Silfiac491—————
Cléguérec2,8855.2—B−—C
Rostrenen Côtes-d'Armor3,2829.1AAC+B
Guerlédan Côtes-d'Armor2,5329.7—A—C+
Pontivy14,64011B−B−C−C
Noyal-Pontivy3,60614—C+—C+
Pluméliau-Bieuzy4,63215BC+A+C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Silfiac

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Silfiac is a commune of 491 people in the Communauté de communes Pontivy 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
491 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pontivy Communauté
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
8.7 sq mi (22.6 km²)
INSEE code
56245

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.