Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The drawback is walkability — nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to an A overall, better than 94% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #2 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Le Mené with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Mené.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Mené than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.90/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,182/m², lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€2,254/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Only one of the 61 towns in Côtes-d'Armor costs less to buy into than Le Mené, whose median sale is €1,182/m². The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,182/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Mené€1,182/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,182/m²
274
€8.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.89/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Le Mené than in 88% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.2. Over 2025, Le Mené logged 82 recorded offenses. This Côtes-d'Armor town has 4,150 jobs for 2,700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence30
Criminal damage20
Burglary14
Sexual violence11
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud35
Theft without violence15
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
82
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Le Mené than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,120 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
4,150
jobs based in Le Mené, 1.5 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Le Mené: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Mené is Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-Eutrope. The town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Le Mené than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults
18% are under 15, higher than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
46.1median age
Le MenéCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Le Mené is 17.3 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
885 deaths in Le Mené between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 852: 4% above. Its three care homes for older people (136 places) count their residents as Le Mené’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. In Côtes-d'Armor, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Le Mené · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-Eutrope: Photo: NegroTruc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château du Parc: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison à porte à fronton: Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Motte-Basse: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Mené
Is Le Mené safe?
It grades A for safety, #11 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Is Le Mené expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Mené grades A for cost of living.
About Le Mené
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Le Mené is a commune of 6,556 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
6,556 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
