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3,685 people call this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire home.
People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,571/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Grand Lieu Communauté.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Geneston 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 one thing Geneston does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Geneston 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.
Geneston has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Geneston as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhirs (deux), in Pont-Saint-Martin, 5.4 mi away.
3.7% 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 Geneston.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Geneston is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 9.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 305 residents of Geneston died, against 310 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. 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. There are 4 general practitioners here.
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.
Nearly a fifth of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 17%, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Geneston in two is 43.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Geneston | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,620 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The median price, €2,571/m², comes from 115 sales of houses and apartments in Geneston from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.50/m² a month. Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,573/m² | 106 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Geneston. Violence against people ran at 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.9 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Geneston show 29 offenses in 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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (27.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Geneston is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Geneston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneston | 3,685 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Montbert | 3,388 | 1.7 | — | B− | — | A |
| Le Bignon | 3,976 | 2.8 | A− | C | B | A |
| Saint-Colomban | 3,500 | 3.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Planche | 2,810 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| La Chevrolière | 6,539 | 4.8 | A | C | A | A− |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine Vendée | 3,653 | 4.8 | A− | B− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Geneston has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,571/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Geneston grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Geneston is a commune of 3,685 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Lieu Communauté. 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.