Where to live in Nantes with a family

Ranking of Nantes's 83 areas with CityPulse's “Family” profile. What matters most: public green space, playgrounds on foot, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Nantes to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Petit Port (98), Pirmil (96) and Port-Boyer (94).

Nantes areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Petit Port	98 · excellent	Public green space
2	Pirmil	96 · excellent	Public green space
3	Port-Boyer	94 · excellent	Public green space
4	Chêne des Anglais	94 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
5	Grillaud	93 · excellent	Public green space
6	Éraudière	93 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Bout des Pavés	92 · excellent	Public green space
8	Bout des Landes	91 · excellent	Public green space
9	Saint-Joseph de Porterie	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
10	Dervallières	91 · excellent	Public green space
11	Bourgeonnière	90 · excellent	Public green space
12	La Halvêque	90 · excellent	Public green space
13	Sèvre	90 · excellent	Public green space
14	Breil-Malville	90 · excellent	Public green space
15	Santos Dumont	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Saint-Félix	89 · excellent	Public green space
17	Jonelière	88 · excellent	Tree canopy
18	Malakoff	88 · excellent	Public green space
19	Le Clos Toreau	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
20	La Beaujoire	86 · excellent	Public green space
21	Côte d'Or	86 · excellent	Public green space
22	Mangin	85 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
23	La Bottière	85 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Le Plessis Tison	84 · excellent	Public green space
25	Durantière	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
26	Toutes-Aides	83 · excellent	Public green space
27	La Pilotière	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
28	Mairie de Chantenay	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
29	Croix Bonneau	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
30	La Tortière	82 · excellent	Public green space
31	Bellevue	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
32	Canclaux	81 · excellent	Public green space
33	Galarne	81 · excellent	Public green space
34	Saint-Donatien	80 · excellent	Public green space
35	Mairie de Doulon	80 · excellent	Public green space
36	Jules Verne	80 · excellent	Services on foot
37	Beaulieu	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Zola	79 · good	Public green space
39	Sainte-Anne	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
40	Dalby	78 · good	Public green space
41	La Haluchère	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
42	Université - Tertre	77 · good	Public green space
43	Le Loquidy	77 · good	Services on foot
44	Saint-Clément	76 · good	Public green space
45	La Musse	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
46	Monselet	76 · good	Public green space
47	Mellinet	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
48	Rond-Point de Paris	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
49	Salorges	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
50	Vieux Malakoff	74 · good	Public green space
51	Le Vieux Doulon	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
52	Perverie	74 · good	Public green space
53	La Renaudière	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
54	Chantenay	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
55	Coulmiers	73 · good	Public green space
56	Agenêts	72 · good	Services on foot
57	Le Landreau	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
58	Quai de la Fosse	72 · good	Public green space
59	Rond-Point de Vannes	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
60	Route de Vannes	69 · good	Services on foot
61	Boucardière	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
62	Le Chêne Vert	68 · good	Public green space
63	Les Ponts	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
64	Route de Sainte-Luce	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
65	Talensac	66 · good	Services on foot
66	Dobrée	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
67	Boissière	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
68	Plessis Cellier	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
69	La Gréneraie	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
70	République	64 · good	Playgrounds on foot
71	Decré	62 · good	Playgrounds on foot
72	Champ de Mars	62 · good	Public green space
73	Marrière	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
74	Chauvinière	60 · good	Public green space
75	Barberie	60 · good	Public green space
76	Le Perray	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
77	Gaudinière	57 · fair	Public green space
78	Hauts-Pavés	52 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
79	Schuman	48 · fair	Services on foot
80	Le Bois Briand	30 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
81	Chantrerie	28 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
82	Gachet	25 · poor	Tree canopy
83	Gilarderie	18 · poor	Services on foot

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-04. Method and sources