2026 ranking · access to general practitioners (APL)

Medical deserts: the towns in Brittany with the poorest access to general practitioners

Q: Which town in Brittany has the poorest access to general practitioners?

Hœdic (Morbihan) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Brittany: 0.0 visits per inhabitant per year.

Hœdic (Morbihan) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Brittany: 0.0 visits per inhabitant per year. Next come Île-d'Arz (Morbihan, 0.2 visits per inhabitant per year) and Peumerit-Quintin (Côtes-d'Armor, 0.3 visits per inhabitant per year).

1,202 towns ranked

Hœdic, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

This ranking covers all 1,202 towns in Brittany. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Île-d'Houat (Morbihan) comes last with 14.7 visits per inhabitant per year.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: medical deserts in Brittany

Rank	Town	Department	Visits per inhabitant per year	Population
1	Hœdic	Morbihan (56)	0.0	106
2	Île-d'Arz	Morbihan (56)	0.2	326
3	Peumerit-Quintin	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	0.3	196
4	Trémargat	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	0.5	186
5	Saint-Rivoal	Finistère (29)	0.6	226
6	Gâvres	Morbihan (56)	0.7	710
7	La Feuillée	Finistère (29)	0.8	687
8	Botmeur	Finistère (29)	0.8	227
9	Plounéour-Ménez	Finistère (29)	0.8	1,330
10	Brennilis	Finistère (29)	0.9	460
11	Kerpert	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	0.9	271
12	Kerien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	0.9	250
13	Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	0.9	315
14	Landévennec	Finistère (29)	1.0	337
15	Berrien	Finistère (29)	1.0	957
16	Teillay	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.0	1,139
17	Princé	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.0	406
18 tied	Saint-Connan	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.0	315
18 tied	Senven-Léhart	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.0	239
20	Plouguenast-Langast	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.0	2,434
21	Landéan	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.1	1,277
22	Ercé-en-Lamée	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.1	1,588
23	Plœuc-L'Hermitage	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.1	4,173
24	Plémy	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.1	1,609
25	La Bazouge-du-Désert	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.2	1,124
26	Maël-Pestivien	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.2	365
27	Pénestin	Morbihan (56)	1.2	2,112
28	Hénon	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.2	2,351
29	Magoar	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.2	77
30	Le Leslay	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.2	155
31	Plougasnou	Finistère (29)	1.3	3,247
32	Merléac	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.3	491
33	Langon	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.3	1,448
34	Saint-Gildas	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.3	257
35	Le Theil-de-Bretagne	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.3	1,764
36	Lanrivain	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.3	476
37	Gausson	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.3	657
38	Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	Finistère (29)	1.3	653
39	Monthault	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.3	252
40	Laignelet	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.4	1,270
41	Le Vieux-Bourg	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.4	760
42	Saint-Carreuc	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.4	1,604
43	Huelgoat	Finistère (29)	1.4	1,458
44	Lalleu	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.4	597
45	Le Loroux	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.4	639
46	Saint-Ganton	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.4	423
47	Allineuc	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	608
48	Brasparts	Finistère (29)	1.5	1,083
49	Mellé	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.5	667
50	Île-Tudy	Finistère (29)	1.5	760
51	Lanmodez	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	401
52	Saint-Fiacre	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	211
53	Scrignac	Finistère (29)	1.5	828
54	Loqueffret	Finistère (29)	1.5	341
55 tied	Pont-Melvez	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	605
55 tied	Plorec-sur-Arguenon	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	470
57 tied	Saint-Jean-du-Doigt	Finistère (29)	1.5	704
57 tied	Saint-Bihy	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.5	274
59	Silfiac	Morbihan (56)	1.6	502
60	Parcé	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.6	668
61	Thourie	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.6	889
62	Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre	Morbihan (56)	1.6	478
63	Le Quillio	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.6	608
64	Sainte-Brigitte	Morbihan (56)	1.6	181
65	Villamée	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.6	305
66	Plésidy	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.6	574
67	Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.7	832
68	Trégarvan	Finistère (29)	1.7	137
69	Lannédern	Finistère (29)	1.7	329
70	Parigné	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.7	1,315
71	Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.7	1,057
72	Uzel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.7	1,162
73 tied	Saint-Thélo	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.7	381
73 tied	Saint-Connec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.7	267
75	Lohuec	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.7	245
76	Saint-Just	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.7	1,128
77	La Harmoye	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.7	400
78	Montautour	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.7	270
79	Trédion	Morbihan (56)	1.7	1,421
80	Commana	Finistère (29)	1.8	1,006
81	Saint-Martin-des-Prés	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	327
82	Plédéliac	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	1,684
83	Fougères	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	20,946
84	Plélauff	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	732
85 tied	La Chapelle-de-Brain	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	1,127
85 tied	Cohiniac	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	406
87 tied	Le Fœil	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	1,415
87 tied	Saint-Hervé	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	430
87 tied	Bolazec	Finistère (29)	1.8	170
90	Saint-Nicodème	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	170
91	Saint-Maugan	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	524
92	Saint-Judoce	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	603
93	Saint-Clet	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	891
94	Javené	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	2,261
95	Caurel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.8	361
96	Paimpont	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	1,812
97	Louvigné-du-Désert	Ille-et-Vilaine (35)	1.8	3,425
98 tied	Le Bodéo	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.9	187
98 tied	Loc-Envel	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.9	77
100	Lanfains	Côtes-d'Armor (22)	1.9	1,100

Source: DREES (French Ministry of Health), localized potential accessibility (APL) to general practitioners; general practitioner office and home visits accessible per inhabitant per year (APL). Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Medical deserts in Brittany: FAQ

Which town in Brittany has the poorest access to general practitioners?

Hœdic (Morbihan) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Brittany: 0.0 visits per inhabitant per year.

What are the 10 towns in Brittany with the poorest access to general practitioners?

In order: Hœdic (0.0 visits per inhabitant per year), Île-d'Arz (0.2 visits per inhabitant per year), Peumerit-Quintin (0.3 visits per inhabitant per year), Trémargat (0.5 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Rivoal (0.6 visits per inhabitant per year), Gâvres (0.7 visits per inhabitant per year), La Feuillée (0.8 visits per inhabitant per year), Botmeur (0.8 visits per inhabitant per year), Plounéour-Ménez (0.8 visits per inhabitant per year), and Brennilis (0.9 visits per inhabitant per year).

Which town in Brittany has the best access to general practitioners?

Île-d'Houat (Morbihan) has the best access to general practitioners in Brittany: 14.7 visits per inhabitant per year. See the towns in Brittany with the best access to general practitioners.

How many towns in Brittany are ranked?

All of them: the 1,202 towns in Brittany appear in this ranking.

How is access to doctors measured?

Localized potential accessibility (APL), calculated by DREES, the statistics office of the French Ministry of Health, measures how many general practitioner visits each inhabitant can access per year. It takes into account doctors in the commune and in nearby communes, how much they work, and the age of the population. In its studies, DREES describes communes with an APL below 2.5 visits per inhabitant per year as underserved. Values are high in tourist resorts, where doctors also serve a seasonal population.