Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire has a population of 2,288.
Drefféac’s best grade is for schools: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot — just over half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,237/m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and C+ 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). Drefféac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Drefféac 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.
Drefféac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Drefféac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Drefféac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Drefféac 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 Drefféac.
6.3% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 250 jobs are based in Drefféac, for 1,100 working residents (0.2 per worker).
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 vocational lycée within 5 km, 93% of 45 candidates passed the bac pro. For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 3.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 99%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Alice MilliatNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 45 | 93%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 15% of the population. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). At 39.1, the median resident of Drefféac sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Drefféac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Drefféac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,237/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,237/m² | 60 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Drefféac is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 12.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Drefféac died, against 121 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. At birth, a girl in Loire-Atlantique can expect 86.2 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Drefféac have one GP on hand.
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 A−.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.8 violent offenses and 9.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 15 offenses in Drefféac in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Drefféac (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 59.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Drefféac yet.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Drefféac is a commune of 2,288 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drefféac | 2,288 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 3,063 | 2.4 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | 3,860 | 2.9 | A− | B | B | C |
| Pontchâteau | 11,474 | 3 | B+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Missillac | 5,709 | 5.4 | A− | B | A | C− |
| Guenrouet | 3,673 | 5.7 | — | B | — | C− |
| Campbon | 4,058 | 5.9 | A | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Drefféac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,237/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Drefféac grades B− 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 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.