Jobs and pay hold up well (A): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Schools are a strength too: bac results 0.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. The drawback is 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. Crime runs high (C): an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 17.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #21 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. It comes out better than just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Clisson 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clisson.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Clisson than in Loire-Atlantique or compared French towns: 15 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Clisson is Chapelle des Templiers (ancienne) ou la Madeleine du Temple. This Loire-Atlantique town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 6 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1994. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
More commuters in Clisson walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 28.7%
Unemployment runs at 7.1%. The median disposable income was €28,020 a year per consumption unit, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 17.8% of working residents in Clisson went to work by public transport.
29%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
Public transport18%
On foot7%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,200
jobs based in Clisson, 1.5 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
A typical home in Clisson sells for €2,959/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Clisson: 279 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up nearly four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.40/m² a month.
€2,959/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Clisson€2,959/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,959/m²
221
Apartments
€2,970/m²
58
€12.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.15 to €15.02/m² a month)
7.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Clisson has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
All told, Clisson had 162 recorded offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Clisson (5,200 to 3,350): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage49
Vehicle theft24
Sexual violence21
Theft from vehicles21
Burglary19
Other physical violence16
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence232
Fraud51
Drug use21
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
162
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · 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.
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Clisson run lower than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Loire-Atlantique live to 86.2 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its three care homes for older people (105 places) count their residents as Clisson’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 713 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 688, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Clisson is Chd site de Montaigu, 8.5 mi away.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Clisson · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site de Montaigu
15.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Château de Clisson: Photo: Brice44 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont sur le Moine dit Pont Saint-Antoine: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Porte de la Ville (ancienne): Photo: Cyril5555 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont de la Vallée sur la Sèvres: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Clisson
Is Clisson safe?
It grades C for safety, #70 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Clisson good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #17 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 98% of 258 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Aimé Césaire in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Clisson expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.35/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Clisson grades C for cost of living.
About Clisson
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Clisson is a commune of 7,452 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
Population
7,452 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
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.
