Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are only 14% of the population. Some 3,591 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,376/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Prinquiau has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Prinquiau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Prinquiau 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.
Prinquiau has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Prinquiau, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prinquiau.
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town. Line up the people of Prinquiau by age and the one in the middle is 39.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Prinquiau | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Prinquiau’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 173, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Prinquiau is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 13.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Prinquiau can choose among 2 GPs.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
7.8% 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. The median disposable income is €27,680 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (8.5%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,376/m², comes from 81 sales of houses and apartments in Prinquiau from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.59/m² a month. The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,387/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Prinquiau, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses locally in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.5 (2023–2025 average).
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, 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, 39.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Prinquiau. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Blanche-Couronne3 km southeast, in La Chapelle-LaunayChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Haie de Besnéin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Prinquiau has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Logis seigneurial de l'Escuray: Photo: Nathan.G.44 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Prinquiau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prinquiau | 3,591 | — | — | B | — | C |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 3,270 | 1.9 | — | B | — | B− |
| Besné | 3,322 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Savenay | 9,543 | 3.7 | B− | C | C+ | C− |
| Campbon | 4,058 | 3.7 | A | B | A | B+ |
| Donges | 8,219 | 4 | C+ | C+ | C | C− |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 3,063 | 5.6 | — | B− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Prinquiau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,376/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Prinquiau grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Prinquiau is a commune of 3,591 people in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon. 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.