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Home to 3,301 people, this town lies in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
Rouans is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its overall grade, B, puts it better than three fifths of compared French towns. That places it #55 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. The catch is walkability (D): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Rouans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rouans 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rouans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Bethléem, in Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, 5.6 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 Rouans.
4.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,650 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents. Half of Rouans is older than 39.3, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rouans | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
For 2025, the figures show 31 offenses in Rouans. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 19.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt 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.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.41/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.16/m² a month, near Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Rouans recorded 76 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,585/m² | 76 |
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.
335 deaths in Rouans between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 284: 18% above. Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Rouans’; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Rouans is Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant, 14 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Rouans can choose among 3 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.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Rouans. Best known first.
Nothing in Rouans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Rouans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouans | 3,301 | — | B | C | A− | B |
| Le Pellerin | 5,319 | 4.1 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Chaumes-en-Retz | 7,440 | 5.1 | B+ | B− | A− | B |
| Port-Saint-Père | 3,059 | 5.3 | B | C− | B− | B+ |
| Brains | 2,709 | 5.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Sainte-Pazanne | 7,201 | 5.8 | A− | C+ | B+ | B |
| Frossay | 3,307 | 5.9 | — | B− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #24 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rouans grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Rouans is a commune of 3,301 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. 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.