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The town, home to 900 people, lies in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Loiré has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. The median price paid is €1,176/m².
The one thing Loiré does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Loiré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Raguin, in Chazé-sur-Argos, 3.7 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Loiré 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 Loiré.
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 21% of the population here. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Loiré | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 400 residents in work, Loiré has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income was €24,740 a year per consumption unit, about level with Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Loiré didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Loiré from July 2023 to June 2026: 34 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €7.84/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,176/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Loiré as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Loiré is a commune of 900 people in the Communauté de communes Anjou Bleu Communauté. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loiré | 900 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Candé | 2,801 | 4.9 | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu | 17,667 | 7.2 | A | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Val d'Erdre-Auxence | 4,981 | 8 | A− | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Erdre-en-Anjou | 5,771 | 8 | A | A− | A | B+ |
| Ombrée d'Anjou | 8,813 | 9.3 | A− | A | B− | A |
| Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 6,692 | 10 | A | A | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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.