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In Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,097 residents.
Where it falls short is walkability: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,582/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bouée 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 Bouée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bouée 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.
Bouée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Bouée; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouée.
The census found 5.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €27,720 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 8% of the population. 16% of residents are 65 or over, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Bouée is older than 38.4, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bouée | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Bouée; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
49 deaths in Bouée between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 57: 14% below. In Loire-Atlantique, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,582/m²: 43 houses and apartments sold in Bouée between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,582/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Bouée. Best known first.
Bouée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin de Rochoux: Photo: Yricordel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bouée yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Bouée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.3 recorded violent incidents and 15.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,582/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouée grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Bouée is a commune of 1,097 people in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon. 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.