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In Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, this town has 2,162 residents.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability — 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income. Homes sell for a median €1,875/m².
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). Balazé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Balazé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Balazé 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.
Balazé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Balazé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré de bénédictins Notre-Dame, tribunal et école de musique, in Vitré, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Balazé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Balazé from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,875/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Balazé counts 0.3 jobs (300 jobs, 1,050 workers). Public transport took 2.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,630 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Balazé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 123 deaths in Balazé between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 144: 14% below. The nearest emergency department to Balazé is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 3.8 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Nothing in Balazé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Balazé.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balazé | 2,162 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 3.7 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 5.5 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Étrelles | 2,703 | 7.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Argentré-du-Plessis | 4,633 | 8.5 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Châteaubourg | 7,533 | 11 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 11 | — | B+ | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Balazé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Balazé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Balazé is a commune of 2,162 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.