Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,974 residents in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Crossac’s schools beat most: brevet results a point above the expected rate. At €2,169/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. It is hard to get around without a car (D): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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). Crossac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Crossac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Crossac 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.
Crossac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Crossac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit Le Fuseau de la Madeleine, in Pontchâteau, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crossac.
Crossac has 250 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 5.3% are unemployed.
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.
The closest collège is 2.5 mi off. Its schools’ results rank #38 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CharNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 90%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). At 41.1, the median resident of Crossac sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Crossac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire-Atlantique, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 157 residents of Crossac died, against 173 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Crossac is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 10.7 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,169/m²: 93 houses and apartments sold in Crossac between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 93 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,152/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Crossac. Best known first.
Nothing in Crossac 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 Crossac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossac | 2,974 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Joachim | 4,112 | 2.9 | C+ | C+ | A− | D |
| Pontchâteau | 11,474 | 3.3 | B+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Besné | 3,322 | 3.7 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Saint-Malo-de-Guersac | 3,203 | 4 | — | C | — | D |
| La Chapelle-des-Marais | 4,492 | 4.9 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Missillac | 5,709 | 5.1 | A− | B | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Crossac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #38 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,169/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Crossac grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Crossac is a commune of 2,974 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. 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.