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Home to 2,810 people, this town lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
The local economy does well (B+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.1% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (C+): nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,317/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Planche 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 La Planche 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 Planche has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The one thing La Planche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Planche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont de Sénard sur la Maine, in Montaigu-Vendée, 3.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Planche 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 Planche.
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. The age that splits La Planche in two is 40.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Planche | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €25,440 a year per consumption unit, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Its care home for older people (72 places) counts its residents as La Planche’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 278 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 224: 24% above. The nearest emergency department to La Planche is Chd site de Montaigu, 6.8 mi away.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
62 sales of houses and apartments in La Planche, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,317/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.96/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.00/m² a month, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,317/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in La Planche were vehicle theft than anything else (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.9. The town’s tally for 2025: 27 recorded offenses.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 56.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in La Planche.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
La Planche is a commune of 2,810 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. 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 Planche | 2,810 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Vieillevigne | 4,150 | 3.2 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Montbert | 3,388 | 3.7 | — | B− | — | A |
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 4,156 | 4.2 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine Vendée | 3,653 | 4.3 | A− | B− | A | C+ |
| Geneston | 3,685 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | A |
| Le Bignon | 3,976 | 6.2 | A− | C | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Planche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,317/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Planche 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 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.