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Renovation in Couëron
In 2025, 25% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 25%
Homes authorised in Couëron: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 14 | 55 |
| 2024 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2022 | 91 | 6 | 97 |
| 2021 | 32 | 20 | 52 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 2019 | 201 | 4 | 205 |
| 2018 | 504 | 2 | 506 |
| 2017 | 329 | 1 | 330 |
| 2016 | 152 | 1 | 153 |
| 2015 | 313 | 32 | 345 |
| 2014 | 386 | 8 | 394 |
| 2013 | 95 | — | 95 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €273,240. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,064 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,171
- Owning per month
- €1,006
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Couëron has no reliable figures of its own.
13.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,457
In 2022 the population grew by 562 while 41 homes were started: 13.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 13.7
- Population change, 2022
- +562
4.1% of the 10,800 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.1%
- Empty homes
- 448