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TrédionMorbihan

A town of 1,400 in Morbihan, Brittany.

Is Trédion a good place to live?

Trédion has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 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.

What makes Trédion stand out

The 2 things Trédion does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Trédion grades

Each subject compares Trédion 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.

How grading works

HealthDOpen →Walkability52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workDOpen →Jobs & income7.5% unemploymentCOpen →Cost of livingB+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Dolmen
Dolmen · Classé · Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Trédion’s story

Trédion in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Trédion counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1933.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1933First protected: Deux menhirs taillés, dits Babouin et Babouine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trédion.

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, Trédion sees more deaths than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 114 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Trédion is Chba site de Vannes, 11.3 mi away. 104 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 92: 14% above. 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.

+14%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw114
Adjusted114
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Trédion · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site de Vannes
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chba site de Vannes
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Trédion is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns

At the census, 3.4% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs located in Trédion: 150, for 650 residents in work (0.2 each). The unemployment rate comes to 7.5%.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Trédion, 0.2 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

A town of families: 22% of people in Trédion are under 15, more than in both Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, lower than both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.4% of the population. Residents of Trédion have a median age of 39.7.

39.7median age
TrédionMorbihan medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Trédion
TrédionMorbihan medianFrance median
Under 1522%15%17%
15–248.4%9.3%11%
25–4427%20%23%
45–6425%28%26%
65+17%27%22%
No diploma13%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education30%30%30%

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

HousingCost of living B+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Trédion than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.03/m² a month

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

The median sale price was €2,170/m², lower than both Morbihan’s towns (€2,715/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Trédion recorded 44 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.

€2,170/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Trédion€2,170/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,180/m²41
€11.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.68 to €14.00/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération

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

History

Trédion keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Trédion is Deux menhirs taillés, dits Babouin et Babouine. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1933
first monument protected

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Trédion and 3 more in and around Trédion

Heritage in and near Trédion. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Trédion

14pages on Trédion

Landmarks

The list names few of Trédion’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Deux menhirs taillés, dits Babouin et Babouine: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Trédion

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

How we find them →

Trédion’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 →
PlumelecElvenSérentMonterblancSaint-Jean-BrévelaySaint-NolffPlumelecElvenSérentMonterblancSaint-Jean-BrévelaySaint-NolffTrédion
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Trédion1,400——B+—D
Plumelec2,7543.5—B—B−
Elven6,6513.8A−C+A−C+
Sérent3,4294.8—B−—C−
Monterblanc3,3566—C+—D
Saint-Jean-Brévelay2,8697.2—B−—D
Saint-Nolff3,9907.4—B−—A−

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

Questions about Trédion

Is Trédion safe?

Trédion 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 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Trédion expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Trédion grades B+ for cost of living.

About Trédion

Commune in Morbihan, Brittany

Trédion is a commune of 1,400 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération. 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
1,400 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Département
Morbihan (56)
Région
Brittany
Area
10 sq mi (25.9 km²)
INSEE code
56254

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.