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2,243 people call this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire home.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.8% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Fégréac 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.
The one thing Fégréac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fégréac 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.
Fégréac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fégréac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fégréac.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,570 a year. 5.2% 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. Unemployment stands at 11.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Fégréac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 377 residents of Fégréac died, against 292 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. 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.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fégréac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.69/m² a month, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.39/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 89 homes were sold in Fégréac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,706/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children are 17% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fégréac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Fégréac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix de pierre: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Fégréac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fégréac | 2,243 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon | 3,311 | 4.3 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Rieux Morbihan | 2,856 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | 3,860 | 4.9 | A− | B | B | C |
| Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 9,542 | 5.7 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Guenrouet | 3,673 | 6.3 | — | B | — | C− |
| Saint-Dolay Morbihan | 2,645 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fégréac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 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 Fégréac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Fégréac is a commune of 2,243 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. 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 8, 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.