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Some 1,970 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Housing is within reach (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. The median home sells for €1,934/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Touvois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Touvois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Touvois 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.
Touvois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Touvois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bois Chevalier, in Legé, 5.3 mi away.
15% 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 Touvois.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Touvois is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 9.7 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Touvois records 104 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 349 residents of Touvois died, against 218 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 60% more. Life expectancy in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 7.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Touvois have a median age of 39.6. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Touvois | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 85 homes were sold in Touvois. That is the middle of 85 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,844/m² for the median of compared towns in Loire-Atlantique.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,934/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Touvois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Touvois.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touvois | 1,970 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Legé | 4,817 | 4.6 | B | B | B+ | C |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne | 3,265 | 5.8 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron Vendée | 2,727 | 6.7 | — | B | — | A− |
| La Garnache Vendée | 5,515 | 7.1 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Rocheservière Vendée | 3,594 | 8.6 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même | 7,689 | 9.1 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Touvois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Touvois grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Touvois is a commune of 1,970 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Retz Atlantique. 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.