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The town, home to 1,856 people, lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,365/m².
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. Issé 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 Issé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Issé 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.
Issé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Issé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Couëbrac, in Nozay, 7.1 mi away.
16% 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 Issé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Issé recorded 71 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.68/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,365/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 8.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
The nearest emergency department to Issé is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 7.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 202 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 236, 17% more. Average lifespans in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Typical age in Issé: 46.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Issé | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Issé. Best known first.
Nothing in Issé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Issé.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issé | 1,856 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Erbray | 3,072 | 6.5 | — | A− | — | B |
| Châteaubriant | 12,260 | 7.5 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | 7.8 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 8.6 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
| Derval | 3,601 | 11 | B− | B− | B− | C |
| Saffré | 4,115 | 11 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Issé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 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 Issé grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Issé is a commune of 1,856 people in the Communauté de communes Châteaubriant-Derval. 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.