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A town of 2,638 in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Les Touches 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 Les Touches 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.
Les Touches has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The one thing Les Touches does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Touches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Plessis, in Casson, 7.5 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Les Touches is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Touches.
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Touches records 105 deaths per 100 expected, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 356 residents of Les Touches died, against 240 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 48% more. The nearest emergency department to Les Touches is Antenne Smur du Chu de Nantes site Ch Ancenis, 13.1 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,206/m², lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Les Touches: 60 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.90/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,206/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income is €25,400 a year for each consumption unit. Les Touches has 600 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 6.8% of 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 20%, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Residents of Les Touches have a median age of 40.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Les Touches | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Touches yet.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Les Touches is a commune of 2,638 people in the Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Touches | 2,638 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Petit-Mars | 3,888 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Nort-sur-Erdre | 9,570 | 3.5 | A− | B− | B− | B− |
| Ligné | 5,693 | 3.7 | — | C | — | C |
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Mars-du-Désert | 5,523 | 6 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Casson | 2,605 | 7 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Touches has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Les Touches grades A− 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.