Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,072 residents, it is a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−): a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income. The median sale price is €1,498/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Erbray 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 Erbray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Erbray 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.
Erbray has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Erbray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean de Béré, in Châteaubriant, 4.4 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Erbray.
At the census, 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Erbray holds 600 jobs; 1,400 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. The unemployment rate comes to 6.5%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,280 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Erbray is the second cheapest of the 133 towns in Loire-Atlantique, at €1,498/m². Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 80 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,498/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Erbray | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
171 deaths in Erbray between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 199: 14% below. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Erbray is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 4.5 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 C to A−.
Nothing in Erbray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Erbray.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erbray | 3,072 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Châteaubriant | 12,260 | 3.9 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Martigné-Ferchaud Ille-et-Vilaine | 2,688 | 11 | — | B | — | C |
| Ombrée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 8,813 | 11 | A− | A | B− | A |
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | 12 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Vallons-de-l'Erdre | 6,692 | 13 | A | A | B+ | C+ |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 15 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Erbray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Erbray grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Erbray is a commune of 3,072 people in the Communauté de communes Châteaubriant-Derval. 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.