Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 4,012 people, lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Cordemais’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Overall, Cordemais earns a B+: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #35 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Recorded crime is low: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 14.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Cordemais 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Cordemais does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cordemais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de Blanche-Couronne, in La Chapelle-Launay, 7.2 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cordemais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cordemais.
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Cordemais is older than 38.8, half younger. Among adults, 32% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cordemais | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 65 offenses in Cordemais in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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 family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (17.6% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Cordemais recorded 95 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.69/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,588/m² | 93 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (91 places) counts its residents as Cordemais’; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 376 residents of Cordemais died, against 300 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. The nearest emergency department to Cordemais is Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant, 15.2 mi away. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
The median disposable income was €27,730 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Cordemais went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. Schools rank #70 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul GauguinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 89%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cordemais as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Cordemais is a commune of 4,012 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordemais | 4,012 | — | B+ | C+ | B+ | B |
| Malville | 3,752 | 3.5 | B | C+ | A− | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc | 7,780 | 4.1 | A | C | A | B+ |
| Frossay | 3,307 | 5.4 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Savenay | 9,543 | 5.8 | B− | C | C+ | C− |
| Vigneux-de-Bretagne | 6,692 | 6.2 | A | C | A | A− |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 3,270 | 7.5 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #36 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #70 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.55/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cordemais grades C+ for cost of living.
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.