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Population 2,594: a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
At €2,761/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud Estuaire. It is hard to get around without a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Corsept has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Corsept does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Corsept 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.
Corsept has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Corsept as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir du Plessis-Gamat, in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corsept.
2.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs located in Corsept: 200, for 1,300 residents in work (0.1 each). The jobless rate is 7.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire-Atlantique, women can expect to live 86.2 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Corsept records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 150 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 147, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Corsept is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 7.8 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
64 sales of houses and apartments in Corsept, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,761/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold here. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.10/m² a month, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,761/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. Ages in Corsept split evenly at 44.4: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Corsept | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Corsept in 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
Nothing in Corsept 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 Corsept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsept | 2,594 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Paimbœuf | 3,045 | 3.1 | C | B | D | D |
| Saint-Brevin-les-Pins | 14,541 | 3.7 | C | D | C | C |
| Saint-Père-en-Retz | 4,894 | 3.8 | B− | C | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Viaud | 2,929 | 3.9 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Donges | 8,219 | 4.9 | C+ | C+ | C | C− |
| Montoir-de-Bretagne | 7,282 | 5.1 | C− | C− | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Corsept has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,761/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Corsept grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Corsept is a commune of 2,594 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Estuaire. 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.