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Cholet
Large city · 49300 · Pays de la Loire
👥 Population
54 404
2023 · INSEE
🏠 Median price /m²
2 333 €
📈 30% since 2015
💰 Gross yield
6.0 %
rent / purchase price
⚡ Avg. energy rating
D
✅ 6.7 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)
🎯 Investment score Good
Cholet — Score 66/100.
66
💰 Yield40
🌳 Quality of life88
📊 Dynamism100
💸 Affordability31
🛡️ Safety77
⚡ Energy rating75
🏠 Property prices
DVF · 306 Transactions · Cholet
🏢 Apt. /m²
2 333 €
🏡 House /m²
2 179 €
📋 Transactions
306
📈 Price per m² evolution (2020 — 2024)
📊 Annual transaction volume
📊 Nearby municipalities
| City | Apt. | House | Trans. | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | 3 413 € | 3 235 € | 2476 | 159 022 |
| Cholet | 2 333 € | 2 179 € | 780 | 54 404 |
| Saumur | 2 016 € | 2 037 € | 537 | 26 241 |
| Sèvremoine | — € | 1 953 € | 292 | 25 797 |
| Beaupréau-en-Mauges | 2 373 € | 1 850 € | 296 | 23 989 |
| Chemillé-en-Anjou | 1 379 € | 1 758 € | 257 | 21 999 |
💰 Rental yield
Calculated from DVF prices and observed rents
🏠 Average rent
11.73 €/m²
monthly
💰 Gross yield
6.0 %
⏳ Payback period
16.6 years
🏘️ Rental market & tension
INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas
🏠 Main residences
93.3 %
🏖️ Secondary homes
1.9 %
🚪 Vacant homes
4.9 %
🏢 Apartments
39.0 %
59.2 % houses
🎯 Pinel zoneⓘOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.
B1
Moderate tension
⚖️ Tense area (ALUR law)ⓘTense area under article 232 of the French Tax Code (CGI) / ALUR law. Enables rent control and applies the vacant housing tax.
No
Free rents
🏢 Social housing units
5 188
RPLS source
💶 Local taxation
REI · DGFIP · Exercice 2024
🏠 Property tax (built)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on built properties (TFB). Applied to the cadastral rental value to calculate the owner's annual property tax.
49.530 %
Global rate 2024
🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.
76.750 %
🏘️ Housing tax
25.260 %
Secondary homes
🗑️ Waste collection taxⓘTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.
10.800 %
🌾 Land tax (unbuilt) REI
10.70 %
🏢 CFE
23.82 %
👥 Demographics
API Geo + INSEE
🧑🤝🧑 Inhabitants
54 404
2023
📐 Area
87.42 km²
622 inh/km²
💶 Median income
21 960 €
📊 Median age
42.9 yrs
35.1% under 30
💼 Activity rate
76.6 %
ages 15-64
📉 Unemployment rate
12.9 %
2021 census
🎯 Poverty rateⓘShare of population living below the poverty line (60% of national median income). Source FILOSOFI 2021, calculated only for municipalities ≥ 2,000 inhabitants.
14.0 %
60% FILOSOFI threshold
🏢 Local economy & dynamism
SIRENE · INSEE
🏢 Active businesses
11 599
SIRENE database 2026
✨ 2024 creations
1 062
+6.5% vs 2023
📊 2023 creations
997
💼 Economic density
213
Businesses / 1,000 pop.
🚉 Transport & accessibility
SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020
🚆 Nearest train station
Cholet
À 3.35 km · Segment B
🏙️ Urban attraction areaⓘUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.
Cholet
Main hub
🏛️ IntercommunalityⓘEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.
CA Cholet Agglomération
EPCI
📍 Rail access
Good
Station distance
🎓 Education
National Education API
📚 Schools
7
🏫 Middle schools
8
🎓 High schools
4
🏆 Baccalaureate results
| High school | Type | Pass rate | Honors | V.A. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCEE SAINTE MARIE | privé sous contrat | 100.0 % | — | +1.0 |
| LYCEE JEANNE DELANOUE (GENERAL ET TECHNO.) | privé sous contrat | 99.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| LYCEE FERNA RENAUDEAU (GENERAL ET TECHNO.) | public | 97.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| LYCEE EUROPE ROBERT SCHUMAN (GENERAL ET TECHNO.) | public | 94.0 % | — | +1.0 |
🎯 Brevet exam (2021)ⓘBrevet (DNB) — French middle school exam. The rate shown is the average across public and private middle schools in the municipality, latest published session.
90.8 %
Average pass rate · 11 middle schools
📊 Niveau social des établissements
Indicateur Éducation nationale du milieu social des élèves (moyenne nationale ≈ 103). Plus élevé = plus favorisé.
🏫 Middle school IPS
| Middle school | Sector | IPS |
|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE PRIVE JEANNE D ARC | privé sous contrat | 125.5 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME DU BRETONNAIS | privé sous contrat | 115.7 |
| COLLEGE REPUBLIQUE | public | 107.7 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH | privé sous contrat | 105.9 |
| COLLEGE COLBERT | public | 105.0 |
| COLLEGE TREMOLIERES | public | 93.6 |
| COLLEGE GEORGES CLEMENCEAU | public | 87.2 |
| COLLEGE JOACHIM DU BELLAY | public | 76.1 |
🏥 Healthcare
BPE · FINESS
🏥 Hospitals
5
👨⚕️ Health centers
1
💊 Pharmacies
15
🔬 Laboratories
4
🏥 Établissements de santé
116
Source FINESS
👵 EHPAD
6
💊 Pharmacies
15
🏪 Amenities & services
BPE · INSEE
📋 Services_publics
957
📋 Commerce
475
📋 Enseignement
83
🏥 Sante
545
🚆 Transport
29
⚽ Sport
168
🎭 Culture
29
🏛️ Public services
Public Service Directory API · 3 services
| Category | Qty | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 📋 service public | 2 | Communauté d'agglomération - Choletais, Urssaf Pays de la Loire - site de Maine-et-Loire - Cholet |
| 📋 Association d'utilité publique | 1 | Santé travail Cholet Saumur |
🛡️ Safety
SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior
| Indicator | Incidents | Rate ‰ | Nat. average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destructions et dégradations volontaires | 494 | 9.10 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | +26 % vs moy. |
| Escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement | 349 | 6.40 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Vols sans violence contre des personnes | 345 | 6.30 ‰ | 7.3 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Violences physiques intrafamiliales | 271 | 5.00 ‰ | 4.2 ‰ | +19 % vs moy. |
| Violences sexuelles | 194 | 3.60 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | +50 % vs moy. |
| Violences physiques hors cadre familial | 170 | 3.10 ‰ | 4.0 ‰ | -22 % vs moy. |
| Vols dans les véhicules | 136 | 2.50 ‰ | 5.2 ‰ | -52 % vs moy. |
| Cambriolages de logement | 122 | 4.40 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | -41 % vs moy. |
| Usage de stupéfiants | 107 | 2.00 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | -76 % vs moy. |
| Vols de véhicule | 71 | 1.30 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | -46 % vs moy. |
| Vols d'accessoires sur véhicules | 66 | 1.20 ‰ | 3.7 ‰ | -68 % vs moy. |
| Usage de stupéfiants (AFD) | 56 | 1.00 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | -87 % vs moy. |
| Vols violents sans arme | 21 | 0.40 ‰ | 1.0 ‰ | -60 % vs moy. |
| Trafic de stupéfiants | 13 | 0.20 ‰ | 2.2 ‰ | -91 % vs moy. |
⚡ Energy performance
511 DPE · ADEME
📊 Energy rating distribution
A
1.2 %
B
1.2 %
C
31.9 %
31.9 %
D
37.0 %
37.0 %
E
22.1 %
22.1 %
F
5.9 %
G
0.8 %
6.7 % energy sieves (F-G) (F+G) — Nat. average : 17 %
💶 Energy rating impact on price per m²
🏛️ Historical heritage
Mérimée database · 5 protected monuments
| Building | Era |
|---|---|
| grenier à sel | 16e siècle |
| menhir | Néolithique |
| église | 2e quart 20e siècle |
| église paroissiale | milieu 19e siècle |
| menhir | Néolithique |
⚠️ Natural and technological risks
Géorisques API · 16 risks identified
Transport de marchandises dangereuses
Effet thermique
Feu de forêt
Foudre
Grêle
Tassements différentiels
Tempête et grains (vent)
Affaissements et effondrements d'origine anthropique (anciennes carrières souterraines, hors mines)
Mouvement de terrain
Par une crue à débordement lent de cours d'eau
Phénomène lié à l'atmosphère
Radon
Rupture de barrage
Inondation
Risque industriel
Séisme
📡 Digital coverage
ARCEP
📶 Ultra-fast broadband
100.0 %
💧 Drinking water quality
API Hub'Eau · 115 168 analyses · VEOLIA EAU
⚗️ Physicochemistry
✅ Compliant
📋 analyses
115 168
⚡ EV charging stations
IRVE
🔌 Stations
242
⚡ Charge points
1190
🚀 Incl. fast charging
141
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📍 Nearby municipalities
Nearest geographically
| City | Distance | Score | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Tessoualle | 4.1 km | 50/100 | 3 167 |
| Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet | 7.6 km | 52/100 | 3 106 |
| Mazières-en-Mauges | 6.6 km | 36/100 | 1 240 |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre | 9.7 km | 58/100 | 3 550 |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre | 7.7 km | 41/100 | 6 057 |
| Le May-sur-Èvre | 10.5 km | 48/100 | 3 920 |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Bois | 7.3 km | 59/100 | 2 828 |
| La Séguinière | 8.2 km | 71/100 | 4 248 |
❓ Frequently asked questions about Cholet
What is the price per m² in Cholet? ▶
The median price per m² in Cholet is 2 333 €.
What is the rental yield in Cholet? ▶
The gross rental yield in Cholet is 6.0%.
Is Cholet a good real estate investment? ▶
Cholet has a ScorCity score of 66/100, making it an interesting investment.
What is the average energy rating in Cholet? ▶
The most common energy rating class in Cholet is D.
What are the natural risks in Cholet? ▶
16 risks are identified in Cholet: Transport de marchandises dangereuses, Effet thermique, Feu de forêt.