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Some 1,890 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Where it falls short is walkability (D): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,713/m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Assérac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Assérac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Assérac 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.
Assérac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Assérac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen-allée couverte, in Saint-Lyphard, 5.7 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Assérac.
Half of residents lived on more than €25,700 a year per consumption unit, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 9.8%. Public transport took 2.3% of Assérac’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Assérac’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 146 residents of Assérac died, against 148 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Assérac is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 13.8 mi away. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,713/m², comes from 109 sales of houses and apartments in Assérac from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.58/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.98/m² a month, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,713/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). 23% of residents are 65 or over. Ages in Assérac split evenly at 47.7: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Assérac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Assérac were criminal damage than anything else (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6 violent offenses and 13.4 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 22 offenses recorded in the town.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 51.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Assérac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Assérac.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assérac | 1,890 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Molf | 2,870 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Herbignac | 7,224 | 4.4 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Férel Morbihan | 3,499 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | D |
| Saint-Lyphard | 5,304 | 5.4 | B | C | A | C |
| Piriac-sur-Mer | 2,685 | 7.1 | D | C− | C− | C |
| La Turballe | 4,850 | 7.3 | D | C− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Assérac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,713/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Assérac grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Assérac is a commune of 1,890 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). 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
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 November 4, 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.