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A town of 1,890 in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Schools do well: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Gâvre 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.
Each subject compares Le Gâvre 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.
Le Gâvre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Le Gâvre does most differently from other towns.
Le Gâvre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Le Gâvre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Gâvre.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
118 deaths in Le Gâvre between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to Le Gâvre is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 17.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Le Gâvre have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: just over a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Gâvre | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €25,120 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Le Gâvre at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Le Gâvre is 99.0%, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (95.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alice MilliatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 90%+2 pts |
| Lycée Camille ClaudelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 282 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,013/m², below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 73 homes in Le Gâvre.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,013/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Le Gâvre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For 2025, the figures show 27 offenses in Le Gâvre. Violence against people averaged 6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.9. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 49.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Le Gâvre. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Gâvre as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Gâvre is a commune of 1,890 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Blain 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 Gâvre | 1,890 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Blain | 10,376 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Plessé | 5,335 | 6.7 | B− | B+ | A− | C |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 7.1 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
| Saffré | 4,115 | 8.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Guémené-Penfao | 5,243 | 8.5 | B | A− | C+ | C− |
| Fay-de-Bretagne | 4,023 | 8.6 | B | B | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Gâvre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Gâvre 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 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.