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4,023 people live in this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Recorded crime is low (B): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 16.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fay-de-Bretagne ranks #56 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique, with a B overall. That leaves it better than 58% of compared French towns. What counts against it is walkability (C−) — 35% 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 €2,317/m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Fay-de-Bretagne 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Fay-de-Bretagne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fay-de-Bretagne; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest date from the 18th century.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Fay-de-Bretagne before 1900, the earliest Jean Blanchard, in 1575.
Explore the history →Fay-de-Bretagne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fay-de-Bretagne.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. 8.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Fay-de-Bretagne have a median age of 36.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fay-de-Bretagne | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.5% of the labour force are out of work. Per resident in work, Fay-de-Bretagne counts 0.3 jobs (600 jobs, 1,950 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €26,570 a year per consumption unit, close to both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 64 offenses recorded in Fay-de-Bretagne. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Fay-de-Bretagne (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fay-de-Bretagne; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 18th century.
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.
Life expectancy at birth in Loire-Atlantique is 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Fay-de-Bretagne can choose among 2 GPs. Also worth knowing: its two care homes for older people (83 places) count their residents as Fay-de-Bretagne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 257 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 298, 16% more.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
119 sales of houses and apartments in Fay-de-Bretagne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,317/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.47/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.19/m² a month, about level with both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,317/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Fay-de-Bretagne.
Pierre-François Bouligand: Le Nouvelliste du Morbihan, Public domain
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Fay-de-Bretagne is a commune of 4,023 people in the Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay-de-Bretagne | 4,023 | — | B | B | B | B |
| Bouvron | 3,153 | 3.3 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Malville | 3,752 | 4.8 | B | C+ | A− | C− |
| Blain | 10,376 | 4.9 | B+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Vigneux-de-Bretagne | 6,692 | 6.7 | A | C | A | A− |
| Héric | 6,585 | 6.8 | B+ | B | B+ | B− |
| Savenay | 9,543 | 7.2 | B− | C | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #42 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,317/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fay-de-Bretagne 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 9, 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.
