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3,307 people call this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire home.
Frossay’s weakest is walkability: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,495/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud Estuaire. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Frossay 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.
Each subject compares Frossay 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.
Frossay has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Frossay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Frossay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit de la Vacherie, in Donges, 7.4 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Frossay 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 Frossay.
The median disposable income was €25,360 a year per consumption unit, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 4.1% of Frossay’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Also worth knowing: people aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Frossay | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 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.
The median price, €2,495/m², comes from 113 sales of houses and apartments in Frossay from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,498/m² | 112 |
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.
4 GPs practise in Frossay. Its three care homes for older people (110 places) count their residents as Frossay’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. 372 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 293: 27% above. The nearest emergency department to Frossay is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 15.2 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Frossay. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Frossay.
Alexis Maneyrol: Agence Meurisse, Public domain
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Frossay is a commune of 3,307 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Estuaire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frossay | 3,307 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Saint-Viaud | 2,929 | 3.5 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Paimbœuf | 3,045 | 5.3 | C | B | D | D |
| Cordemais | 4,012 | 5.4 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B |
| Rouans | 3,301 | 5.9 | B | C | A− | B |
| Saint-Père-en-Retz | 4,894 | 5.9 | B− | C | C+ | B− |
| Chauvé | 3,070 | 6.9 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Frossay 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 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,495/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Frossay 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.
