Which town in Pays de la Loire has the best access to general practitioners?

Basse-Goulaine (Loire-Atlantique) has the best access to general practitioners in Pays de la Loire: 7.8 visits per inhabitant per year.

What are the 10 towns in Pays de la Loire with the best access to general practitioners?

In order: Basse-Goulaine (7.8 visits per inhabitant per year), Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (6.3 visits per inhabitant per year), Les Sorinières (6.2 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou (6.2 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6.1 visits per inhabitant per year), Angers (6.0 visits per inhabitant per year), Verrières-en-Anjou (5.6 visits per inhabitant per year), Rezé (5.5 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Augustin-des-Bois (5.5 visits per inhabitant per year), and Les Garennes sur Loire (5.5 visits per inhabitant per year).

Which town in Pays de la Loire has the poorest access to general practitioners?

Blandouet-Saint Jean (Mayenne) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Pays de la Loire: 0.8 visits per inhabitant per year. See Medical deserts: the towns in Pays de la Loire with the poorest access to general practitioners.

How many towns in Pays de la Loire are ranked?

All of them: the 1,228 towns in Pays de la Loire appear in this ranking.

How is access to doctors measured?

Localized potential accessibility (APL), calculated by DREES, the statistics office of the French Ministry of Health, measures how many general practitioner visits each inhabitant can access per year. It takes into account doctors in the commune and in nearby communes, how much they work, and the age of the population. In its studies, DREES describes communes with an APL below 2.5 visits per inhabitant per year as underserved. Values are high in tourist resorts, where doctors also serve a seasonal population.

Best Access to Doctors in Pays de la Loire (2026): Towns Ranked by Access to General Practitioners

This ranking covers all 1,228 towns in Pays de la Loire. At the other end of the ranking, Blandouet-Saint Jean (Mayenne) comes last with 0.8 visits per inhabitant per year.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: best access to doctors in Pays de la Loire

Rank	Town	Department	Visits per inhabitant per year	Population
1	Basse-Goulaine	Loire-Atlantique (44)	7.8	9,894
2	Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	Loire-Atlantique (44)	6.3	16,679
3	Les Sorinières	Loire-Atlantique (44)	6.2	9,394
4	Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou	Maine-et-Loire (49)	6.2	9,964
5	Saint-Germain-des-Prés	Maine-et-Loire (49)	6.1	1,413
6	Angers	Maine-et-Loire (49)	6.0	162,290
7	Verrières-en-Anjou	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.6	8,421
8	Rezé	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.5	44,286
9	Saint-Augustin-des-Bois	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.5	1,309
10	Les Garennes sur Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.5	4,774
11	Écouflant	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.4	4,819
12	Brissac Loire Aubance	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.3	11,161
13	Trignac	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.2	8,517
14	Guérande	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.2	17,355
15	Bouguenais	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.2	20,862
16	Orvault	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.1	29,176
17	Champtocé-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.1	1,854
18	Saint-Léger-de-Linières	Maine-et-Loire (49)	5.0	3,932
19	Sautron	Loire-Atlantique (44)	5.0	8,679
20	Chalonnes-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.9	6,836
21	Soulaines-sur-Aubance	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.9	1,349
22	Saint-Herblain	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.9	51,681
23	Bouchemaine	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.9	6,718
24	Thouaré-sur-Loire	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.8	11,182
25	Les Ponts-de-Cé	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.8	13,704
26	Cantenay-Épinard	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.7	2,447
27	Le Plessis-Grammoire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.7	2,715
28	Beaucouzé	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.7	5,834
29	Nantes	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.7	332,515
30	Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.7	29,151
31	Saint-Georges-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.6	3,891
32	Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.6	2,273
33	Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.6	3,025
34	Mauges-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.6	19,159
35	Saint-André-des-Eaux	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.6	7,196
36	Distré	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.5	1,860
37	Pornichet	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.5	13,103
38	La Baule-Escoublac	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.5	17,435
39	Les Bois d'Anjou	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.5	2,577
40	Erdre-en-Anjou	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.5	5,882
41	Montreuil-Juigné	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.5	7,913
42	Bazouges Cré sur Loir	Sarthe (72)	4.5	2,034
43	Carquefou	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.4	21,509
44	La Chapelle-Heulin	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.4	3,538
45	Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.4	3,927
46	Trélazé	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.4	16,518
47	Brains	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.3	2,762
48	Montsoreau	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.3	414
49	Souzay-Champigny	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.3	701
50	Cheix-en-Retz	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.3	1,198
51	Gennes-Longuefuye	Mayenne (53)	4.2	1,383
52	Saint-Julien-de-Concelles	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	8,009
53	Le Pouliguen	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	4,275
54	Saint-Molf	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	2,932
55	Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	6,164
56	Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	5,820
57	Les Sables-d'Olonne	Vendée (85)	4.2	50,924
58	Haute-Goulaine	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	6,253
59	Sallertaine	Vendée (85)	4.2	3,584
60	Venansault	Vendée (85)	4.2	4,996
61	Indre	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.2	4,209
62	Saint-Mathurin	Vendée (85)	4.1	2,543
63	Montigné-lès-Rairies	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.1	426
64	Avrillé	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.1	15,655
65	Le Perrier	Vendée (85)	4.1	2,320
66	L'Île-d'Olonne	Vendée (85)	4.1	2,858
67	Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine	Vendée (85)	4.1	2,274
68	La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin	Sarthe (72)	4.1	2,319
69 tied	Beaulieu-sur-Layon	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.1	1,363
69 tied	Poillé-sur-Vègre	Sarthe (72)	4.1	597
71	Mouliherne	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.0	852
72	Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.0	2,485
73	Seiches-sur-le-Loir	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.0	2,898
74	Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.0	3,731
75	Pont-Saint-Martin	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.0	7,179
76	Treize-Septiers	Vendée (85)	4.0	3,496
77	Briollay	Maine-et-Loire (49)	4.0	3,278
78	Montoir-de-Bretagne	Loire-Atlantique (44)	4.0	7,378
79	Pezé-le-Robert	Sarthe (72)	4.0	348
80	Les Ulmes	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	559
81	La Montagne	Loire-Atlantique (44)	3.9	6,653
82	Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne	Sarthe (72)	3.9	243
83	La Séguinière	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	4,365
84	Coulaines	Sarthe (72)	3.9	8,226
85	Saint-Martin-du-Limet	Mayenne (53)	3.9	426
86	Laval	Mayenne (53)	3.9	51,719
87	Beaufort-en-Anjou	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	7,054
88	Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu	Loire-Atlantique (44)	3.9	4,048
89	Fromentières	Mayenne (53)	3.9	878
90	Chauvé	Loire-Atlantique (44)	3.9	3,109
91	Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	1,747
92	Prée-d'Anjou	Mayenne (53)	3.9	1,419
93	Renazé	Mayenne (53)	3.9	2,560
94	Héric	Loire-Atlantique (44)	3.9	6,705
95	La Lande-Chasles	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	118
96 tied	Loire-Authion	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	17,361
96 tied	Le Fenouiller	Vendée (85)	3.9	5,080
98	Soullans	Vendée (85)	3.9	4,729
99	Varrains	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.9	1,343
100	Rochefort-sur-Loire	Maine-et-Loire (49)	3.8	2,391

Source: DREES (French Ministry of Health), localized potential accessibility (APL) to general practitioners; general practitioner office and home visits accessible per inhabitant per year (APL). Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The towns in Pays de la Loire with the best access to general practitioners

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