Couffé’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,303/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis. The weak point is walkability (C−): just over a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Couffé 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.
Each subject compares Couffé 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Couffé’s ages would predict, 73 per 100 expected, under Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Couffé has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 89 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 27% below.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Couffé · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur du Chu de Nantes site Ch Ancenis
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Erdre et Loire
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Couffé has lower unemployment than Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%
For its 1,250 residents in work, Couffé has 300 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €26,740 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Couffé, 0.2 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Couffé: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Couffé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Couffé costs less than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.44/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,303/m², comes from 53 sales of houses and apartments in Couffé from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.88/m² a month.
€2,303/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Couffé€2,303/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,303/m²
53
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.29 to €13.13/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Couffé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2025 saw 0 offenses recorded in Couffé in the categories behind the grade.
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Fraud15
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Couffé
Is Couffé safe?
Couffé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Couffé expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,303/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Couffé grades B for cost of living.
About Couffé
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Couffé is a commune of 2,535 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis. 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
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.
