At €2,557/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for walkability. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: 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. Le Pallet has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Pallet 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 A
Fewer people in Le Pallet are out of work than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.5%
14%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €27,870 a year per consumption unit, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Le Pallet didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport11%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Le Pallet, 0.4 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,870
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 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Le Pallet’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Pallet is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 10.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 163 residents of Le Pallet died, against 193 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 2 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Le Pallet · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, L Hopital Prive du Confluent
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Le Pallet: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Le Pallet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Le Pallet is graded a C+ for cost of living
€2,557/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
134 sales of houses and apartments in Le Pallet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,557/m². House rents are put at about €11.10/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.04/m² a month, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Pallet€2,557/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,557/m²
119
€12.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.63 to €15.06/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.10/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 Pallet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The police record for Le Pallet lists 23 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.6 violent offenses and 11 graded property crimes a year. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Theft from vehicles6
Vehicle theft5
Fraud17
Theft without violence10
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.3%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 30.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pierre Abélard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Le Pallet
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Le Pallet is a commune of 3,413 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
Population
3,413 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire
Département
Loire-Atlantique (44)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
44117
Le Pallet’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Pallet
Is Le Pallet safe?
Le Pallet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Le Pallet 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 €2,557/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Pallet grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
