Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire occupies the south bank of the Loire, facing the islands and only a few kilometres from the centre of Nantes. The village was called Aigne before taking, in the fifteenth century, the name of the pilgrimage to Saint Sebastian that had settled there. Long agricultural and turned towards the river, the town lived on vines, market gardening and work on the Loire.
The arrival of the Cassegrain food factory in 1856 marks the start of the industrial era. The church of Saint-Sébastien, rebuilt between 1868 and 1875, fixed the centre. The manor of La Jaunaie, to the east, keeps the memory of the treaty signed in 1795 during the Vendée wars. After 1945 the town turned into a garden suburb: estates of detached houses replaced the fields, and the population went from a few thousand to nearly 28 600 inhabitants today.
The geography of prices follows that history. The areas of the south and south-east, around L'Ouche Quinet and La Profondine, hold the top of the market with recent estates and small condominiums. The Centre and La Métairie, to the north, concentrate most of the apartment sales and stay close to the average. La Martellière, to the west towards the Nantes boundary, closes the ranking. Immediate proximity to Nantes, the two tram-train stops and the 140 hectares of natural space on the Loire islands shape demand.
