Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,452 residents in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Housing is within reach (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Avessac 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.
Each subject compares Avessac 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.
Avessac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Avessac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avessac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Avessac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Pordor: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avessac.
At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 9.8%.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 205 residents of Avessac died, against 219 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. In Loire-Atlantique, women can expect to live 86.2 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Avessac is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 4.7 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.69/m² a month, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.52/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 83 homes in Avessac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,657/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avessac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%). The age that splits Avessac in two is 45.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Avessac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.4 violent offenses and 9.7 graded property crimes a year. 11 offenses were reported in Avessac during 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (50.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Avessac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Avessac is a commune of 2,452 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avessac | 2,452 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon | 3,311 | 3.7 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 9,542 | 4.8 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Bains-sur-Oust Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,535 | 6.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Rieux Morbihan | 2,856 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Guémené-Penfao | 5,243 | 6.9 | B | A− | C+ | C− |
| Plessé | 5,335 | 8 | B− | B+ | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Avessac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avessac grades B for cost of living.
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.