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3,500 residents make their home in this town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on schools as well — brevet results a point below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,396/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Grand Lieu Communauté. Getting around depends on the car (D): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Colomban has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Saint-Colomban does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Colomban 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.
Saint-Colomban has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Colomban as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église (ancienne), in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, 3.7 mi away.
13% 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 Saint-Colomban.
13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town. Residents of Saint-Colomban have a median age of 38.2.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Colomban | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.0% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 3.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 1,850 residents in work, Saint-Colomban has 400 jobs: 0.2 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 169 deaths in Saint-Colomban from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 28% fewer. In Loire-Atlantique, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Colomban is L Hopital Prive du Confluent, 12.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Colomban 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 3 mi to the nearest one. School results put the town #40 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Julie-Victoire DaubiéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 93%−1 pt |
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.
Behind the median of €2,396/m²: 88 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Colomban between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.41/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.16/m² a month, near both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,396/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.7 (2023–2025 average). In all, 31 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Colomban in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Colomban (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (38.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Colomban 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 Saint-Colomban 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Colomban | 3,500 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine Vendée | 3,653 | 3.1 | A− | B− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu | 9,400 | 3.5 | A | C | A− | A |
| Geneston | 3,685 | 3.8 | — | B− | — | A |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne | 3,265 | 4.1 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Montbert | 3,388 | 5.2 | — | B− | — | A |
| La Chevrolière | 6,539 | 5.5 | A | C | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Colomban has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #40 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 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 €2,396/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Colomban grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Colomban is a commune of 3,500 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Lieu Communauté. 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 9, 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.