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This town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire has a population of 3,673.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: just over a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Guenrouet 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 Guenrouet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guenrouet 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.
Guenrouet has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Guenrouet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, 4 mi away.
17% 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 Guenrouet.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 312 deaths in Guenrouet from 2016 to 2025; there were 437, 40% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Guenrouet is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 11.7 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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.
6.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Of those in the labour force, 7.8% are unemployed. At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Guenrouet didn’t travel to work at all.
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 estimated advertised rent is €10.69/m² a month, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Guenrouet recorded 123 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: for a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.03/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,875/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 26% of adults, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 are 8.9% of the population. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Guenrouet | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 28 offenses recorded in Guenrouet. Violence against people ran at 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.1 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 32.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Guenrouet. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Carheil1.5 km east, in PlesséAttractionAttractionÉcluse de Melneuf 16in townWater parkWater parkEspace Quilly4.3 km southeast, in QuillyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Guenrouet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Guenrouet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guenrouet | 3,673 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Plessé | 5,335 | 3.6 | B− | B+ | A− | C |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | 3,860 | 4.3 | A− | B | B | C |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 3,063 | 5 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Campbon | 4,058 | 6.6 | A | B | A | B+ |
| Bouvron | 3,153 | 7.5 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Pontchâteau | 11,474 | 8.5 | B+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Guenrouet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guenrouet grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Guenrouet is a commune of 3,673 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. 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.