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With 9,543 residents, it is a town in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. Just 16% of residents are 65 or older.
Savenay’s grades pull in different directions. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,807/m²: 70 m² comes to 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #65 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. It comes out better than 52% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Savenay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Savenay 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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Savenay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
Wikidata records 4 people born in Savenay before 1900, the earliest Jean-Marie Benoiston de La Serpaudais, in 1756.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savenay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (179 places) count their residents as Savenay’s; allowing for them, deaths were 1% above expected. 11 GPs practise in the town. 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. 963 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 749: 29% above.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 16% of the population. Children under 15 count for 21% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Savenay | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Savenay is 97.3%, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (95.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #41 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 93%±0 pts |
| Lycée Général et Technologique Jacques PrévertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 265 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 278 | 97%+4 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.
264 sales of houses and apartments in Savenay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,807/m². Houses sell for €2,842/m² in the town, apartments for €2,698/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,842/m² | 224 |
| Apartments | €2,698/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.8% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €28,290 a year per consumption unit, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 12.3% of working residents in Savenay went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 251 offenses in Savenay. Violence against people averaged 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17.2. The commonest graded crime locally 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.7% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Savenay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin de la Pâquelais: Photo: Fhiv · Public domain
6 notable people were born in Savenay.
Joseph Denais: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain · Paul Gonez: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph Marie Desmars: Jacques Llanta, Public domain
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It grades C+ for safety, #64 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #41 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 95% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Général et Technologique Jacques Prévert in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,807/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.14/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Savenay grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Savenay is a commune of 9,543 people in the Communauté de communes Estuaire et Sillon. 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 8, 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.