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Some 1,753 people live in this town, in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Work and incomes are strong (B): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.9% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,530/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. It skews young: only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vue 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.
Each subject compares Vue 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.
Vue has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Vue does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Bethléem, in Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, 7.8 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vue 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 Vue.
At the census, 2.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 3.9%. Households’ median disposable income: €26,690 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.1%, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Vue has a median age of 38.2. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vue | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
56 sales of houses and apartments in Vue, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,530/m². Houses were 96% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,530/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire-Atlantique, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 80 residents of Vue died, against 91 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 88 per 100 expected, in line with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88).
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vue yet.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Vue is a commune of 1,753 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vue | 1,753 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Rouans | 3,301 | 2.4 | B | C | A− | B |
| Frossay | 3,307 | 3.9 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Chaumes-en-Retz | 7,440 | 4.6 | B+ | B− | A− | B |
| Chauvé | 3,070 | 5.5 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Le Pellerin | 5,319 | 6.2 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Saint-Viaud | 2,929 | 6.7 | — | C+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vue has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,530/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vue 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 4, 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.