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1,142 people call this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire home. Over-65s are only 11% of the population.
Jobs & income is its strong suit: 1 job per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. School results are strong: brevet results 0.8 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is walkability (D). Homes sell for a median €2,270/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Nozay.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Puceul 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 one thing Puceul does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Puceul 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.
Puceul 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 Puceul as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Saturnin-du-Vieux-Bourg (ancienne), in Nozay, 3.1 mi away.
14% 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 Puceul.
23% are under 15, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. Graduates make up 29% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Puceul | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
550 jobs are based in Puceul, for 550 working residents (1 per worker). At the census, 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 6.0%, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Puceul is 91.3%, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 84%−7 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 125 | 98%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
30 sales of houses and apartments in Puceul, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,270/m². House rents are put at about €9.64/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,270/m² | 30 |
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Puceul records 91 deaths per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85). For a family doctor, residents of Puceul have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 49 residents of Puceul died, against 54 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Heritage and gardens in and near Puceul. Best known first.
Nothing in Puceul is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puceul yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puceul | 1,142 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saffré | 4,115 | 2.8 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Nozay | 4,292 | 3.2 | B+ | B− | B | C− |
| Héric | 6,585 | 7.4 | B+ | B | B+ | B− |
| Blain | 10,376 | 7.6 | B+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Nort-sur-Erdre | 9,570 | 7.8 | A− | B− | B− | B− |
| Joué-sur-Erdre | 2,797 | 8.6 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Puceul has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.1 recorded violent incidents and 13.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,270/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Puceul grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Puceul is a commune of 1,142 people in the Communauté de communes de Nozay. 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.