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A town of 2,205 in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Where it does best is jobs & income: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Add health to its strengths (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,038/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Javené 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 one thing Javené does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Javené 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.
Javené 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 Javené as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre-d'Iné, in Fougères, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Javené. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Emmanuel-de-la-Villéon3.6 km north, in FougèresChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fougères3.7 km north, in FougèresFortFortTour du Ravelin3.4 km north, in FougèresFortFortPorte Notre-Dame3.7 km north, in FougèresFortFortTour du Four3.7 km north, in FougèresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Javené.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
105 deaths in Javené between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 144: 27% below. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Javené can choose among 4 GPs.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
4.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,820 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Javené didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Javené, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,038/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 60 homes were sold here. Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,063/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 29% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Javené | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Javené is 94.7%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) but above compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Thérèse PierreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 86%−4 pts |
| Lycée Jean GuéhennoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 316 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 173 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Javené is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Javené yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javené | 2,205 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Fougères | 20,307 | 2.5 | B− | B | D | B+ |
| Lécousse | 3,530 | 3 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 6.6 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Maen Roch | 5,088 | 8.6 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 4,203 | 9.7 | A+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 11 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Javené has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,450 jobs for 1,050 working residents, Javené draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,038/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Javené grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Javené is a commune of 2,205 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération. 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.