Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,439 residents.
Pannecé’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D). Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. Only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Pannecé 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.
The 3 things Pannecé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pannecé 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.
Pannecé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pannecé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du Vieux Bourg, in Vallons-de-l'Erdre, 6.8 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pannecé.
Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 22%, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Add to that, people aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Pannecé | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
4.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 6.6%. The median disposable income is €24,420 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.
The median sale price was €1,718/m², below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 46 homes were sold in Pannecé.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,718/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 88 deaths in Pannecé from 2016 to 2025; there were 79, 10% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Pannecé come to 90 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Pannecé is Antenne Smur du Chu de Nantes site Ch Ancenis, 8.4 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Heritage and museums in and near Pannecé. Best known first.
Nothing in Pannecé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Pannecé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pannecé | 1,439 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Mésanger | 4,724 | 4.4 | — | B | — | A |
| Vallons-de-l'Erdre | 6,692 | 4.6 | A | A | B+ | C+ |
| Couffé | 2,535 | 7.5 | — | B | — | A |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | 11,600 | 8.2 | B | C+ | D | B+ |
| Vair-sur-Loire | 4,944 | 8.5 | — | B | — | A |
| Ligné | 5,693 | 9.2 | — | C | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pannecé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 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 too, so Pannecé grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Pannecé is a commune of 1,439 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.