Plenty to like here, at a price. Crime is low (A−): an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at B+, #33 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Set against the rest, it does better than 73% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-André-des-Eaux 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.
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Menhir à cupules · Classé · Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-André-des-Eaux’s story
Saint-André-des-Eaux in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-André-des-Eaux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-André-des-Eaux.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Saint-André-des-Eaux costs more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,296/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.11/m² a month, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 86% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Saint-André-des-Eaux: 204 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,296/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-André-des-Eaux€3,296/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,261/m²
175
€14.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.59 to €18.80/m² a month)
9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer commuters in Saint-André-des-Eaux walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 4.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €29,840 a year per consumption unit, above both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 6.1%. Jobs located in Saint-André-des-Eaux: 1,350, for 3,300 residents in work (0.4 each).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
1,350
jobs based in Saint-André-des-Eaux, 0.4 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-André-des-Eaux sees less crime per resident than 83% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Saint-André-des-Eaux came to 90 in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Family violence15
Other physical violence14
Theft from vehicles9
Burglary7
Sexual violence6
Vehicle theft6
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence15
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
90
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-André-des-Eaux sees fewer deaths than Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 75 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 417 residents of Saint-André-des-Eaux died, against 474 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. 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. The nearest emergency department to Saint-André-des-Eaux is Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire, 4.5 mi away.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-André-des-Eaux · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
4.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-André-des-Eaux is Menhir à cupules. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in prehistory. The pre-1919 share of homes is 3.9%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Saint-André-des-Eaux hold a degree than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: 39%
9.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 19% of the town. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town.
44.2median age
Saint-André-des-EauxLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-André-des-Eaux
Is Saint-André-des-Eaux safe?
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-André-des-Eaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-André-des-Eaux grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-André-des-Eaux
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Saint-André-des-Eaux is a commune of 7,013 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE). 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
Population
7,013 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE)
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.
