Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Val d'Oust has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val d'Oust 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 Val d'Oust.
History
Val d'Oust is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Val d'Oust is Tumulus avec dolmen. The protected list starts in prehistory. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Val d'Oust run below what its ages would predict: 70 per 100 expected, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Val d'Oust can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy in Morbihan: 85.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 287 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 243, 15% fewer.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Val d'Oust · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Alphonse Guerin Ploermel
5.1 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
On foot, Val d'Oust works less well than four in five compared French towns
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.3% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, below Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs based in Val d'Oust number 1,000, against 1,200 residents in work (0.8 per worker).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,000
jobs based in Val d'Oust, 0.8 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,620
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 20% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Buying in Val d'Oust costs less than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,597/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.29/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.70/m² a month. The market in Val d'Oust: 95 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,597/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val d'Oust€1,597/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,597/m²
95
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.01 to €13.22/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Ploërmel Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Val d'Oust are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and across compared French towns
27% of adults hold a degree, below both Morbihan’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
46.1median age
Val d'OustMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%
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%.
Manoir de la Touche-Carné: Photo: NVedovotto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Méen: Photo: Yodaspirine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Crévy: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Nicodème: Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val d'Oust
Is Val d'Oust safe?
Val d'Oust has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val d'Oust expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val d'Oust grades B+ for cost of living.
About Val d'Oust
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Val d'Oust is a commune of 2,807 people in the Ploërmel 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
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.
