The local economy does well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,279/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.
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. Le Landreau has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Le Landreau stand out
The 2 things Le Landreau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Landreau 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Le Landreau, 5.4%, runs below Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns
Bus, tram or train carried 2.2% of working residents in Le Landreau to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,850 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Le Landreau didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
700
jobs based in Le Landreau, 0.4 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Landreau sees fewer deaths than 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Landreau is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 11.4 mi away. 151 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 183: 17% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Le Landreau come to 83 per 100 predicted. 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.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Le Landreau · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, L Hopital Prive du Confluent
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Jules Verne Pole hospitalier Mutualiste de Nantes
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Le Landreau earns a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,279/m²: 88 houses and apartments sold in Le Landreau between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.69/m² a month. Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€2,279/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Landreau€2,279/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,295/m²
86
€12.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.85 to €15.42/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Landreau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The grade’s categories add up to 0 offenses recorded in Le Landreau in 2025.
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Fraud14
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
63.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Landreau
Is Le Landreau safe?
Le Landreau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Le Landreau good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #54 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Landreau expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,279/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Landreau grades B− for cost of living.
About Le Landreau
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Landreau is a commune of 3,267 people in the Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire. 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
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.