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Population 3,904: a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Oudon’s overall grade, A−, puts it better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #20 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Homes are dear (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
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 Oudon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oudon 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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Oudon has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1866.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Oudon. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Oudonin town
Archaeological siteMenhir de la Pierre blanchein townChâteauChâteauVilla d'Omblepiedin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vieille Courin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Pilardièrein townChâteauChâteauChâteau Haute Rochein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oudon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #3 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique on results. A collège lies 1.3 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Benoît PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 98%+4 pts |
| Collège Georges PompidouBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 116 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 50 offenses were recorded in Oudon. Violence against people ran at 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.5 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was burglary (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 · For other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 15.5% 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €13.33/m² a month, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,500/m² | 125 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 9.5% of residents. 20% are under 15, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Oudon | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when just over one in ten homes were built. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Oudon has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,380 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Oudon counts 0.3 jobs (550 jobs, 1,850 workers). At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Oudon didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Oudon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 354 residents of Oudon died, against 330 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Women in Loire-Atlantique live to 86.2 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The list names few of Oudon’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Villa néo-classique d'Omblepied: Photo: Vincent Valentin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Oudon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oudon | 3,904 | — | A− | C− | A− | B− |
| Couffé | 2,535 | 2.6 | — | B | — | A |
| Le Cellier | 4,051 | 3.9 | B+ | C | A− | B− |
| Orée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 17,162 | 4.1 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | 11,600 | 4.7 | B | C+ | D | B+ |
| Divatte-sur-Loire | 7,252 | 5.7 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Mésanger | 4,724 | 5.8 | — | B | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #22 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #3 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 Oudon grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Oudon is a commune of 3,904 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ancenis. 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 4, 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.