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This town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,586.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (B): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well — 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,194/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sud Retz Atlantique.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Marne 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.
Each subject compares La Marne 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.
La Marne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing La Marne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Marne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église (ancienne), in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Marne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Marne.
20% are under 15, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. The middle age in La Marne is 39.5.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Marne | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Marne is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 12.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 67 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 71, 6% more. In Loire-Atlantique, women can expect to live 86.2 years and men 80.3 (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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Households’ median disposable income: €25,200 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 5.9%, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in La Marne 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.
Behind the median of €2,194/m²: 41 houses and apartments sold in La Marne between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.54/m² a month, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.94/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,194/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in La Marne.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
La Marne is a commune of 1,586 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Retz Atlantique. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Marne | 1,586 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même | 7,689 | 4.1 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu | 9,400 | 5.1 | A | C | A− | A |
| Saint-Mars-de-Coutais | 2,698 | 7.2 | — | C− | — | B |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne | 3,265 | 7.3 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Saint-Colomban | 3,500 | 7.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Sainte-Pazanne | 7,201 | 8.2 | A− | C+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Marne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,194/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Marne grades C+ 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.