Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 8,552 residents, it is a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Le Loroux-Bottereau’s strongest subject is schools: brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. The town’s overall grade, A, puts it better than 89% of compared French towns. That places it #16 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Households here earn well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Le Loroux-Bottereau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Loroux-Bottereau 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Loroux-Bottereau counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1923.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Loroux-Bottereau.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #8 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. General-bac pupils go 5.5 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Auguste MaillouxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 92%−2 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 163 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Le Loroux-Bottereau were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In all, 100 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
A fifth of residents are children under 15. Degrees are held by 36% of adults, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Le Loroux-Bottereau are older than 40.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Loroux-Bottereau | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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 accounted for 87% of sales, apartments for the rest. Le Loroux-Bottereau recorded 229 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,684/m² | 200 |
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.
Among the classé monuments in Le Loroux-Bottereau is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The protected list starts in the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,370 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire-Atlantique, women can expect to live 86.2 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its two care homes for older people (107 places) count their residents as Le Loroux-Bottereau’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. 684 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 643: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Le Loroux-Bottereau is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 9.8 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Heritage in and near Le Loroux-Bottereau. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Briacé4.4 km southeast, in Le LandreauChurchChurchChapelle Saint-Barthélemy de Saint-Julien-de-Concelles2.7 km north, in Saint-Julien-de-ConcellesChâteauChâteauGentilhommière de la Meslerie4 km west, in Saint-Julien-de-ConcellesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Loroux-Bottereau counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Le Loroux-Bottereau.
Lionel Lamy: Panini, Public domain
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 Loroux-Bottereau | 8,552 | — | A | C | A− | B− |
| Saint-Julien-de-Concelles | 7,883 | 2.6 | A | C− | A | A− |
| Le Landreau | 3,267 | 2.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Divatte-sur-Loire | 7,252 | 3 | A | C+ | A | B |
| La Chapelle-Heulin | 3,467 | 4.2 | A− | C | A− | B− |
| Haute-Goulaine | 6,095 | 4.5 | A | C− | A− | A− |
| Thouaré-sur-Loire | 11,004 | 5.1 | A− | C− | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #8 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Loroux-Bottereau grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Loroux-Bottereau is a commune of 8,552 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
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.
