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The town has 1,459 residents and lies in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,974/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cholet Agglomération. It is hard to get around without a car (D). The median sale price is €1,974/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Nuaillé 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 Nuaillé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nuaillé 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.
Nuaillé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Nuaillé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Sacré-Coeur, in Cholet, 4.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nuaillé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Maine-et-Loire: 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 98 deaths in Nuaillé from 2016 to 2025; there were 64, 35% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Nuaillé is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 6.2 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
At the census, 4.6% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.0%, below both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Nuaillé has 500 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in Nuaillé. That is the middle of 41 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,930/m² for the median of compared towns in Maine-et-Loire.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,974/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are 17% of the town. Half of Nuaillé is older than 46.2, half younger. A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (11%) and close to compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Nuaillé | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Nuaillé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nuaillé yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuaillé | 1,459 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Trémentines | 3,101 | 2 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Cholet | 54,404 | 5 | B− | C+ | C− | A− |
| Le May-sur-Èvre | 3,920 | 5.5 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet | 3,106 | 5.5 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Maulévrier | 3,172 | 6 | — | A− | — | A |
| La Tessoualle | 3,167 | 6.7 | — | B− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nuaillé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nuaillé grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Nuaillé is a commune of 1,459 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cholet Agglomération. 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 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.