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The town, home to 24,103 people, lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Households here earn well (B+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. With a B overall, Couëron sits #50 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. That leaves it better than 63% of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Couëron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Couëron 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.
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Couëron has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Couëron before 1900, the earliest Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, in 1802.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Couëron.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town. Graduates make up 37% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Couëron | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
In Couëron, houses go for €3,113/m² and apartments for €3,038/m². Among the homes sold, 70% were houses. 793 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,113/m² | 553 |
| Apartments | €3,038/m² | 240 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The unemployment rate comes to 7.9%. At the census, 14.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Also worth knowing: half of residents lived on more than €27,510 a year per consumption unit, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Couëron, 86.0% passed the bac, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (95.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #50 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. General-bac pupils go 4.6 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 188 | 82%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean-Jacques AudubonNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 66 | 86%±0 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Philomène PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 154 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Couëron is Tour à plomb. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 6.7%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Couëron is Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant, 7.5 mi away. 1,487 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,578: 6% below. Its two care homes for older people (160 places) count their residents as Couëron’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. There are 14 general practitioners in the town.
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 yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.6 violent offenses and 15.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Couëron show 439 offenses in 2025. 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 armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Couëron. Best known first.
Manor houseLa Gerbetièrein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bougonin townChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Indret3.5 km southeast, in IndreChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Pâtissière3.5 km east, in Saint-HerblainChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Rivaudière4.9 km east, in Saint-HerblainChâteauChâteauChâteau du Pé2.4 km south, in Saint-Jean-de-BoiseauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Couëron has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tour à plomb: Photo: Knos on frwp · CC BY-SA 3.0
4 notable people were born in Couëron.
Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couëron | 24,103 | — | B | C | B− | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau | 6,067 | 1.9 | B | C | A− | B− |
| La Montagne | 6,505 | 2.6 | B+ | C | C+ | B+ |
| Indre | 4,160 | 2.6 | C | C | C | B− |
| Le Pellerin | 5,319 | 2.8 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Sautron | 8,555 | 3.5 | B+ | C− | B+ | A |
| Brains | 2,709 | 3.6 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #53 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 126 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #50 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.01/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Couëron grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Couëron is a commune of 24,103 people in the Nantes Métropole. 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 4, 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.