Plenty to like here, at a price. Its strongest is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. At B+ overall, Le Cellier ranks #29 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. On that grade it does better than 75% of compared French towns. It also does well on safety (A−): an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Cellier 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.
Château de Clermont: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY 2.5 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Carte postale ancienne · Public domain · Propriété dite les Folies Siffait: Photo: Damien T · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de la Vignette: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Cellier.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Le Cellier than in 81% of compared French towns
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 44 offenses in Le Cellier. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence11
Theft from vehicles10
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (19.7% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C
Le Cellier’s median home price is €2,374/m²
€2,374/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.33/m² a month, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 113 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Cellier from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.36/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Cellier€2,374/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,389/m²
105
€13.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.11 to €16.00/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Le Cellier than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or across compared French towns: 43% of adults
43.9median age
19% are under 15, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.9% of residents. The middle age in Le Cellier is 43.9.
Le CellierLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Le Cellier run higher than in both Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,370 a year per consumption unit
16%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 15.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 6.8%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport12%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Le Cellier, 0.8 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Le Cellier has a higher adjusted death rate than 53% of compared French towns
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Le Cellier’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 349 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 397, 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Cellier is Antenne Smur du Chu de Nantes site Ch Ancenis, 9.2 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Le Cellier · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur du Chu de Nantes site Ch Ancenis
9.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Erdre et Loire
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Cellier is a commune of 4,051 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
Population
4,051 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis
Département
Loire-Atlantique (44)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
13.8 sq mi (35.7 km²)
INSEE code
44028
Le Cellier’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
