At the time of retirement, nothing more normal than to want to enjoy a little peace and relaxation. After a long working life and a busy professional career, many retirees are looking for the ideal place to spend a few peaceful years. While some decide to go into exile in foreign countries, others choose to move to the seaside in order to enjoy a rejuvenating living environment. In a recent ranking, Le Figaro created the list of cities on the west side where life is good. Find out in our slideshow.

As retirement approaches, the steps are linked and it is possible to be lost in the face of important administrative decisions. When these formalities are resolved and the time of departure approaches, nothing prevents you from imagining happy days flowing in a calm city, preferably by the sea. After long years spent in the frantic pace of work and sometimes the incessant flow of the big cities, this time of rest seems well deserved. To reinvigorate you, the sea air, the beach and a more balanced daily life will allow you to take full advantage of these years of well-being.

Before enjoying this new life and these new landscapes, you have to settle down properly in a new city. With Planet, the co-founder of Alphonse explained that before launching headlong, it was important to do a test of several months in a new place. Real estate, commerce, culture, leisure… It is important to weigh the pros and cons for a short period, before settling there permanently. That we leave to live in a larger area, to find relationships, to test a new living environment… It is important to test before adopting.

To help you in your choice and, if you already have in a corner of your head the idea of ​​leaving your current place of residence, Le Figaro has just drawn up the list of the cities of the western facade, from the North Sea to the Bay of Biscay, where life is good. Classified according to 28 quantified criteria, they meet seven specific categories such as accessibility to care, the presence of shops, safety, demographics and the environment. A place has also been reserved for leisure, as well as real estate. Discover now, in our slideshow, these ten cities by the sea, on the Atlantic coast, where to settle.