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This town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,261.
Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (D): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
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. La Roche-Blanche 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 3 things La Roche-Blanche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Roche-Blanche 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 Roche-Blanche 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 La Roche-Blanche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit de la Pierre Couvretière, in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, 5.2 mi away.
12% 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 La Roche-Blanche.
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 4.3% of working residents in La Roche-Blanche to work at the census. The median disposable income is €26,490 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.9% of the town. The median resident of La Roche-Blanche is 37.5 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Roche-Blanche | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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 middle sale price: €1,917/m², below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in La Roche-Blanche from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,917/m² | 36 |
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.
59 deaths in La Roche-Blanche between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 70: 15% 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. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 85 per 100 expected, in line with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88).
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Heritage in and near La Roche-Blanche. Best known first.
Nothing in La Roche-Blanche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Roche-Blanche yet.
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 Roche-Blanche | 1,261 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Vair-sur-Loire | 4,944 | 3.3 | — | B | — | A |
| Mésanger | 4,724 | 4 | — | B | — | A |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | 11,600 | 5.1 | B | C+ | D | B+ |
| Loireauxence | 7,587 | 5.4 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Vallons-de-l'Erdre | 6,692 | 6.2 | A | A | B+ | C+ |
| Couffé | 2,535 | 8.1 | — | B | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Roche-Blanche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 9 recorded violent incidents and 12.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Roche-Blanche grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
La Roche-Blanche is a commune of 1,261 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
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.