What is the youngest city in Pays de la Loire?

Nantes, at 37.4 years, ahead of Angers (38.6 years).

What is the oldest city in Pays de la Loire?

La Baule-Escoublac, at 54.9 years. 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.

Where does Nantes stand in France?

141 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?

Nantes (37.4 years), Angers (38.6 years), Trélazé (38.6 years), Couëron (39.2 years), Treillières (39.2 years). The whole table is on this page.

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The youngest cities in Pays de la Loire

Nantes is the youngest city in Pays de la Loire, at 37.4 years, ahead of Angers (38.6 years) and Trélazé (38.6 years). At the other end, La Baule-Escoublac is the oldest city, at 54.9 years.

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The 56 cities of Pays de la Loire ranked on mean age
Rank	City	Mean age	Population
1	44 Nantes	37.4 years	327,734
2	49 Angers	38.6 years	159,022
3	49 Trélazé	38.6 years	16,333
4	44 Couëron	39.2 years	24,103
5	44 Treillières	39.2 years	10,600
6	44 Carquefou	39.8 years	20,921
7	44 Saint-Herblain	39.9 years	50,973
8	44 Thouaré-sur-Loire	40.0 years	11,004
9	44 Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	40.2 years	16,400
10	85 Aizenay	40.3 years	10,365
11	49 Orée d'Anjou	40.4 years	17,162
12	44 Bouguenais	40.6 years	20,530
13	44 Rezé	41.1 years	43,556
14	49 Sèvremoine	41.1 years	25,797
15	49 Chemillé-en-Anjou	41.1 years	21,999
16	85 Montaigu-Vendée	41.1 years	21,134
17	44 Orvault	41.4 years	28,534
18	44 Pontchâteau	41.5 years	11,474
19	44 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	41.7 years	20,690
20	49 Beaupréau-en-Mauges	41.9 years	23,989
21	72 Le Mans	42.0 years	146,249
22	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	42.0 years	15,726
23	44 Blain	42.0 years	10,376
24	44 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	42.1 years	28,596
25	49 Brissac Loire Aubance	42.1 years	10,878
26	53 Laval	42.2 years	49,400
27	49 Loire-Authion	42.2 years	16,765
28	85 Les Herbiers	42.8 years	16,521
29	85 La Roche-sur-Yon	43.0 years	54,849
30	44 Vertou	43.0 years	26,227
31	49 Cholet	43.2 years	54,404
32	49 Mauges-sur-Loire	43.3 years	18,695
33	49 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu	43.3 years	17,667
34	72 Sablé-sur-Sarthe	43.3 years	12,326
35	44 Saint-Nazaire	44.0 years	74,568
36	49 Les Ponts-de-Cé	44.1 years	13,149
37	44 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	44.2 years	11,600
38	72 Allonnes	44.2 years	10,739
39	49 Baugé-en-Anjou	44.3 years	11,712
40	49 Doué-en-Anjou	44.3 years	11,029
41	49 Avrillé	44.6 years	15,251
42	44 Châteaubriant	45.3 years	12,260
43	53 Mayenne	45.5 years	12,883
44	49 Saumur	46.2 years	26,241
45	72 La Flèche	46.2 years	14,947
46	44 Guérande	47.2 years	16,804
47	53 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne	47.6 years	16,584
48	85 Fontenay-le-Comte	48.4 years	14,059
49	85 Challans	49.0 years	22,943
50	44 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	49.7 years	14,541
51	85 L'Île-d'Yeu	50.4 years	4,883
52	44 Pornic	51.2 years	18,745
53	44 Pornichet	51.2 years	12,800
54	85 Les Sables-d'Olonne	53.8 years	49,603
55	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	54.8 years	13,074
56	44 La Baule-Escoublac	54.9 years	16,912

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the youngest city in Pays de la Loire?: Nantes, at 37.4 years, ahead of Angers (38.6 years).
What is the oldest city in Pays de la Loire?: La Baule-Escoublac, at 54.9 years. 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.
Where does Nantes stand in France?: 141 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?: Nantes (37.4 years), Angers (38.6 years), Trélazé (38.6 years), Couëron (39.2 years), Treillières (39.2 years). The whole table is on this page.