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This town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire has a population of 5,709.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Where it does best is safety (A): an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its schools beat most (A−): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,275/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. The overall grade lands at A−, better than three quarters of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #27 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Missillac 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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The one thing Missillac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Missillac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Missillac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Bretesche: Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Missillac.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 62 offenses in Missillac in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
For its 2,600 residents in work, Missillac has 1,100 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, 4.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 5.7%.
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.
Missillac has 5 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Missillac records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). 639 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 489: 31% above. The nearest emergency department to Missillac is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 12.9 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #32 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La FontaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 88%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. 11% of its homes were built before 1919, above 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
20% are under 15, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Missillac | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
The middle sale price: €2,275/m², lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 166 homes in Missillac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,273/m² | 161 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Missillac. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de la Breteschein townAttractionAttractionMaquette du Francein townChâteauChâteauChâteau du Deffay4.3 km south, in Sainte-Reine-de-BretagnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Missillac yet.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Missillac is a commune of 5,709 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missillac | 5,709 | — | A− | B | A | C− |
| La Chapelle-des-Marais | 4,492 | 4 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Dolay Morbihan | 2,645 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Pontchâteau | 11,474 | 4.9 | B+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Crossac | 2,974 | 5.1 | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Nivillac Morbihan | 4,951 | 5.7 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | 3,860 | 6.6 | A− | B | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #6 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #32 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Missillac 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.