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2,388 people live in this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Monnières’s best grade is for health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability — 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,618/m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. Over-65s are only 13% of the population.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Monnières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Monnières 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.
Monnières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Monnières does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Monnières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de la Ville (ancienne), in Clisson, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Monnières 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 Monnières.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Monnières is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 10.6 mi away. 73 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 109: 33% below. 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. Also worth knowing: 3 GPs practise locally.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Aged 15 to 24: 9.3% of residents. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Monnières have a median age of 38.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Monnières | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Monnières counts 0.2 jobs (300 jobs, 1,200 workers). 8.3% 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%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,170 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
66 sales of houses and apartments in Monnières, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,618/m². Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €9.99/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,647/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
All told, Monnières had 12 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.5 cases of violence against people and 7.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 56.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée général et technologique privé Charles Péguy PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 433 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Monnières. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de l'Oiselinière4.7 km southeast, in GorgesMuseumMuseumMusée du vignoble nantais1.7 km northeast, in Le PalletAttractionAttractionLe Moulin à papier du Liveau4.3 km southeast, in GorgesChâteauChâteauChâteau Cassemichère4.4 km northwest, in La Chapelle-HeulinChâteauChâteauChâteau du Plessis1.3 km northeast, in Le PalletPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Monnières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Monnières is a commune of 2,388 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monnières | 2,388 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Le Pallet | 3,413 | 1.2 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Maisdon-sur-Sèvre | 3,095 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Gorges | 5,203 | 2.6 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Mouzillon | 2,893 | 3.4 | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Haie-Fouassière | 4,775 | 3.4 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| La Chapelle-Heulin | 3,467 | 3.4 | A− | C | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Monnières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,618/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Monnières grades C+ 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 8, 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.