Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 3,976 people, lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Le Bignon grades A− overall, better than 81% of compared French towns, and ranks #23 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What holds it back is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on walkability as well (C): 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Le Bignon 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.
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The one thing Le Bignon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Bignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhirs (deux), in Pont-Saint-Martin, 4.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Le Bignon 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 Le Bignon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Bignon is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 7.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 226 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 167, 26% fewer. Women in Loire-Atlantique live to 86.2 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 5 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,650 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 40% of adults, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Bignon | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.16/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 126 homes in Le Bignon.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,882/m² | 126 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.1. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Le Bignon (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 family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 15.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Bignon yet.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Bignon is a commune of 3,976 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Lieu Communauté. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bignon | 3,976 | — | A− | C | B | A |
| Montbert | 3,388 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | A |
| Geneston | 3,685 | 2.8 | — | B− | — | A |
| Château-Thébaud | 3,129 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Les Sorinières | 9,275 | 3.8 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Pont-Saint-Martin | 7,093 | 4 | B+ | C | B− | B+ |
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 4,156 | 4.6 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #39 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.69/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Bignon 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 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.