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A town of 3,129 in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Schools do well: brevet results 3.7 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,537/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. Most journeys need a car: just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Château-Thébaud 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 one thing Château-Thébaud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Château-Thébaud 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.
Château-Thébaud has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Château-Thébaud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Goulaine, in Haute-Goulaine, 6.2 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 Château-Thébaud.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Château-Thébaud is 96.7%, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.6 mi away. Also worth knowing: its collèges and lycées rank #4 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre Dame la Maine PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 100%+7 pts |
| Collège Andrée ChedidBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 152 | 94%+1 pt |
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.
There are 2 general practitioners in Château-Thébaud. At birth, a girl in Loire-Atlantique can expect 86.2 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 146 residents of Château-Thébaud died, against 200 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Château-Thébaud is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 7.7 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
20% are under 15, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Château-Thébaud: 41.7, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Château-Thébaud | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Château-Thébaud has 750 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income was €28,380 a year per consumption unit, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 6.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
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.
Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 76 homes in Château-Thébaud. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.06/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,536/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.7. The 2025 count: 39 offenses in Château-Thébaud. In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes locally.
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, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 29.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Château-Thébaud. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Rochefort4.8 km northeast, in La Haie-FouassièreChâteauChâteauVilla de la Bastière4 km northwest, in VertouChâteauChâteauChâteau du Coing3.7 km north, in Saint-Fiacre-sur-MainePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Château-Thébaud is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Château-Thébaud yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Thébaud | 3,129 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Maisdon-sur-Sèvre | 3,095 | 2.3 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 4,156 | 3.1 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Le Bignon | 3,976 | 3.3 | A− | C | B | A |
| La Haie-Fouassière | 4,775 | 3.5 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Vertou | 26,227 | 4.3 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Montbert | 3,388 | 4.3 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Château-Thébaud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns and #4 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Château-Thébaud grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Château-Thébaud is a commune of 3,129 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.