Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,797 residents, it is a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (C−) — 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,972/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Joué-sur-Erdre 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 Joué-sur-Erdre 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.
Joué-sur-Erdre has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Joué-sur-Erdre does most differently from other towns.
Joué-sur-Erdre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1985.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Joué-sur-Erdre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Lucinière: Photo: Philippe TRICHET · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Joué-sur-Erdre.
The median disposable income was €25,450 a year per consumption unit, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Joué-sur-Erdre counts 0.3 jobs (450 jobs, 1,300 workers). 6.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. The median resident of Joué-sur-Erdre is 38 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Joué-sur-Erdre | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 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 sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. 81 houses and apartments changed hands in Joué-sur-Erdre from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,973/m² | 78 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Joué-sur-Erdre have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Joué-sur-Erdre is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 15.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 229 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 280, 22% more. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. Joué-sur-Erdre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.7. Joué-sur-Erdre’s tally for 2025: 36 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most in the town was family violence (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, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 36.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Joué-sur-Erdre. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Joué-sur-Erdre as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Joué-sur-Erdre is a commune of 2,797 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Les Touches | 2,638 | 4.4 | — | A− | — | D |
| Nort-sur-Erdre | 9,570 | 5.7 | A− | B− | B− | B− |
| Saffré | 4,115 | 7.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Petit-Mars | 3,888 | 7.6 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Ligné | 5,693 | 7.7 | — | C | — | C |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 9.2 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Joué-sur-Erdre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Joué-sur-Erdre 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 9, 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.