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A town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, home to 3,311 people.
Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,021/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. School results are strong (B+): bac results 1.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points below the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at C, #83 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Set against the rest, it does better than 27% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon 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.
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The one thing Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien couvent des Calvairiennes, in Redon, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon have one GP on hand. In Loire-Atlantique, women can expect to live 86.2 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 282 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 299, 6% more.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 96% of 255 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon, 89.2% passed the brevet, lower than Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) yet higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le Cleu Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 97%+4 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Sauveur PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 254 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel Callo PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 96 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,480 a year. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half the people of Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon are older than 48.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.5 cases of violence against people and 18.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon’s tally for 2025: 68 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most 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 · For other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 12.1% 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.
The median price, €2,021/m², comes from 119 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,888/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon. Best known first.
3 notable people were born in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon.
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Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon is a commune of 3,311 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. 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
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-Nicolas-de-Redon | 3,311 | — | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 9,542 | 1.6 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Rieux Morbihan | 2,856 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Bains-sur-Oust Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,535 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Allaire Morbihan | 3,955 | 5 | A− | B | A | D |
| Saint-Dolay Morbihan | 2,645 | 8.4 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | 3,860 | 9 | A− | B | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #62 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #45 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,021/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon grades B− for cost of living.
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.