Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,884 people call this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire home.
Where it does best is schools (A): brevet results 3.4 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,904/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. It is hard to get around without a car: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Boussay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Boussay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boussay 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.
Boussay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boussay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ensemble des vestiges), in Tiffauges, 3.7 mi away.
14% 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 Boussay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.3 mi away. Also worth knowing: its collèges and lycées rank #7 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Carlo Acutis PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 49 | 96%+2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 104 | 97%+4 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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 289 residents of Boussay died, against 282 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Boussay is Chd site de Montaigu, 8.2 mi away. There are 6 general practitioners here.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
18% are under 15, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. Half the people of Boussay are older than 44.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Boussay | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.45/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 94 homes in Boussay. The estimated advertised rent is €12.09/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,896/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Boussay number 650, against 1,350 residents in work (0.5 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,720 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Boussay logged 24 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.2 cases of violence against people and 8.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 51.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Boussay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Boussay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussay | 2,884 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| La Bruffière Vendée | 3,987 | 2.4 | — | B− | — | B |
| Gétigné | 3,883 | 3.5 | — | B | — | A− |
| Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 5,711 | 3.8 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Treize-Septiers Vendée | 3,416 | 4.6 | — | B− | — | A |
| Clisson | 7,452 | 5.6 | A− | C | C | B |
| Sèvremoine Maine-et-Loire | 25,797 | 6.3 | A | B | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boussay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #7 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boussay grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Boussay is a commune of 2,884 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. 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.