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2,054 people live in this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Walkability is its weak spot (C−). A 70 m² home at the median €2,113/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sud Retz Atlantique. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Paulx 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 Paulx 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.
Paulx has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Paulx as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Quinquenevent, in Machecoul-Saint-Même, 5.6 mi away.
15% 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 Paulx.
The median disposable income is €25,020 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 6.9%, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). 4.1% of Paulx’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Half the people of Paulx are older than 40.4.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Paulx | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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 estimated advertised rent is €11.54/m² a month, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,113/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Paulx between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,113/m² | 58 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Paulx is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 9.1 mi away. 115 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 132: 13% 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Violence against people averaged 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.6. The police record for Paulx lists 17 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was vehicle theft (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary, 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, 63.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Paulx is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Paulx.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulx | 2,054 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même | 7,689 | 3.8 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
| La Garnache Vendée | 5,515 | 5.5 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu | 9,400 | 7.9 | A | C | A− | A |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne | 3,265 | 8.3 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Villeneuve-en-Retz | 5,120 | 8.9 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron Vendée | 2,727 | 9.4 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Paulx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,113/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Paulx grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Paulx is a commune of 2,054 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Retz Atlantique. 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.