Jobs & income is its strong suit (A) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Vertou grades B+ overall and ranks #37 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. On that grade it does better than 69% of compared French towns. Health is a strength too (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B− for schools.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Vertou 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vertou.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Vertou’s ages would predict, 76 per 100 expected, under Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 1,981 residents of Vertou died, against 2,381 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. Also worth knowing: there are 31 general practitioners here.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
31
GPs in Vertou · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, L Hopital Prive du Confluent
4.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Vertou costs more than in both Loire-Atlantique’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €3,427/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Vertou sell for €3,475/m², houses for €3,409/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.69/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 77% were houses.
€3,427/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vertou€3,427/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,409/m²
739
Apartments
€3,475/m²
219
€13.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.35 to €15.81/m² a month)
8.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,840
median annual income per consumption unit, Nantes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Vertou is better off than Loire-Atlantique’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,190 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 6.9%. 21.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport14%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
10,500
jobs based in Vertou, 0.9 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Vertou than in 57% of compared French towns
The police record for Vertou lists 624 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 17.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage149
Theft from vehicles134
Burglary132
Vehicle theft72
Family violence60
Sexual violence46
Other physical violence31
Fraud155
Theft without violence110
Drug use29
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
624
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Vertou than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or across compared French towns: 46% of adults
Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%). Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Vertou has a median age of 43.4.
43.4median age
VertouLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vertou
Is Vertou safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #60 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 132 burglaries and 149 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vertou good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #68 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 94% of 428 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Les Bourdonnières 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.
Is Vertou expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.40/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vertou grades C− for cost of living.
About Vertou
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Vertou is a commune of 26,227 people in the Nantes Métropole. 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
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.
