Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
20,530 people live in this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Where it falls short is safety — an average of 9.4 recorded violent incidents and 23.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bouguenais grades C− overall, better than 20% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #85 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. It also trails on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its standout strength is jobs & income: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bouguenais 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouguenais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Portique et chemin de roulement de la grue 5/13 tonnes, dite Grue noire, des anciens chantiers Dubigeon, in Nantes, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and gardens in and near Bouguenais. Best known first.
AttractionLes Machines de l'île4.7 km northeast, in Nantes
MuseumMusée Jules-Verne3.6 km northeast, in Nantes
MuseumMaillé-Brézé4.3 km northeast, in Nantes
AttractionMémorial de l'abolition de l'esclavage4.9 km northeast, in Nantes
AttractionPlanétarium de Nantes3.7 km northeast, in NantesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouguenais.
Recorded offenses in Bouguenais came to 627 in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Bouguenais (13,800 to 9,450): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
The jobless rate is 8.8%. At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Bouguenais didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €26,590 a year per consumption unit, close to both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €2,964/m², near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Bouguenais sell for €2,908/m² and apartments for €3,142/m². Among the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,908/m² | 478 |
| Apartments | €3,142/m² | 133 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bouguenais | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bouguenais, 92.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (95.7%). By results, schools here place #77 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie MarvingtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 92%±0 pts |
| Lycée Albert CamusNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 216 | 85%−8 pts |
| Collège La DurantièreBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 55 | 78%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,626 residents of Bouguenais died, against 1,510 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. 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. Also worth knowing: this Loire-Atlantique town has 17 family doctors.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Nothing in Bouguenais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Bouguenais.
Cyrille Guimard: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouguenais | 20,530 | — | C− | C− | D | C+ |
| Rezé | 43,556 | 2.7 | B− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Indre | 4,160 | 3.2 | C | C | C | B− |
| Saint-Herblain | 50,973 | 3.2 | C+ | C− | D− | A− |
| Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu | 3,996 | 3.4 | B+ | C | B− | B+ |
| La Montagne | 6,505 | 3.7 | B+ | C | C+ | B+ |
| Pont-Saint-Martin | 7,093 | 3.8 | B+ | C | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #85 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 68 burglaries and 161 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #77 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 85% of 216 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Albert Camus in 2025, 8 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouguenais grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Bouguenais is a commune of 20,530 people in the Nantes Métropole. 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 9, 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.