Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 7,539 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Crime is low: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A overall, Sucé-sur-Erdre sits #12 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. It comes out better than 92% of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. The catch is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The 2 things Sucé-sur-Erdre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sucé-sur-Erdre 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Sucé-sur-Erdre; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1967.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sucé-sur-Erdre.
Sucé-sur-Erdre comes 2nd of the 93 compared towns in Loire-Atlantique on the Safety Grade. The police record for Sucé-sur-Erdre lists 85 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 and sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sucé-sur-Erdre is Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant, 9.3 mi away. Sucé-sur-Erdre has 7 family doctors. From 2016 to 2025, 537 residents of Sucé-sur-Erdre died, against 630 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% 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.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.69/m² a month, above Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€12.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €13.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,509/m² | 153 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.8 mi to the nearest lycée. By results, schools here place #49 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La CoutancièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 93%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (8.5%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.3%, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sucé-sur-Erdre | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 5.4%, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.0% of working residents in Sucé-sur-Erdre went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and gardens in and near Sucé-sur-Erdre. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Sucé-sur-Erdre; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Château de Chavagne: Photo: Anonyme Unknown author · Public domain · Château de Launay: Photo: Vincent Valentin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Sucé-sur-Erdre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sucé-sur-Erdre | 7,539 | — | A | C− | A+ | A− |
| Casson | 2,605 | 3.4 | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | 20,690 | 3.6 | B | C− | B− | A |
| Carquefou | 20,921 | 3.9 | B | D | C | A− |
| Grandchamp-des-Fontaines | 7,062 | 4.1 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Saint-Mars-du-Désert | 5,523 | 4.8 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Treillières | 10,600 | 4.9 | A | C | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #49 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sucé-sur-Erdre grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Sucé-sur-Erdre is a commune of 7,539 people in the Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres. 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.
