A town of contrasts. Le Croisic grades B− overall, better than 48% of compared French towns. That places it #68 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−) — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. Walkability is another plus (A−) — 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B− for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Croisic 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Croisic.
Who lives here
Few people in Le Croisic are 15 to 24: 5%, fewer than in both Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns
The share of residents under 15 is 7.6%. People 65 and over make up just over half of the town, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 26% of adults.
65.7median age
Le CroisicLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
51%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Le Croisic is rich in protected monuments: 35 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Le Croisic: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2006. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments locally is Menhir Signal.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Buying in Le Croisic costs more than in both Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €4,372/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Le Croisic sell for €4,454/m² and apartments for €4,320/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.69/m² a month, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 397 houses and apartments.
€4,372/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Croisic€4,372/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,454/m²
180
Apartments
€4,320/m²
217
€13.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.85 to €17.27/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
More commuters in Le Croisic walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 25.4%
The jobless rate is 10.1%. The median disposable income was €28,540 a year per consumption unit, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 6.9% of working residents in Le Croisic to work at the census.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
Bicycle9%
On foot9%
Public transport7%
Motorbike or scooter4%
1,250
jobs based in Le Croisic, 1.2 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Le Croisic is above 54% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (184 places) count their residents as Le Croisic’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 918 residents of Le Croisic died, against 851 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Le Croisic is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 12.5 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Le Croisic · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
12.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Croisic has less crime per resident than 50% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 63 offenses in Le Croisic. Violence against people ran at 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 14.3 (2023–2025 average). Family violence topped the graded crimes in Le Croisic (2025).
7.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence23
Burglary16
Criminal damage15
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence34
Fraud27
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.
7.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
63
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.0%
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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 8.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Océarium du Croisic and 8 more in and around Le Croisic
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Le Croisic. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Croisic
Is Le Croisic safe?
It grades B− for safety, #46 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Is Le Croisic expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Croisic grades C− for cost of living.
About Le Croisic
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Croisic is a commune of 4,056 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap 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
Population
4,056 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique)
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.
