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Some 1,364 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability (D). Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. It also trails on health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Jans 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 2 things Jans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Jans 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.
Jans 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 Jans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Couëbrac, in Nozay, 3.5 mi away.
20% 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 Jans.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,170 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 4.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Of those in the labour force, 7.1% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents. Degrees are held by 29% of adults, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: residents of Jans have a median age of 38.2.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Jans | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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 sale price was €1,586/m², below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Jans from July 2023 to June 2026: 55 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €8.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,586/m² | 55 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Jans is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 12.4 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Jans records 95 deaths per 100 expected. 82 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 86: 5% below. 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.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Nothing in Jans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Jans.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jans | 1,364 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 3.8 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
| Derval | 3,601 | 4.6 | B− | B− | B− | C |
| Saffré | 4,115 | 9.2 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Grand-Fougeray Ille-et-Vilaine | 2,584 | 9.5 | — | A | — | C |
| Guémené-Penfao | 5,243 | 11 | B | A− | C+ | C− |
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | 11 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Jans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.3 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 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 Jans grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Jans is a commune of 1,364 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.