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Some 1,234 people live in this town, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Laignelet’s best grade is for cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools, B for health and B for jobs & income. Homes change hands at a median €1,956/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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Laignelet 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 Laignelet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laignelet 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.
Laignelet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Laignelet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Calvaire dit de la Ville Gontier, in Landéan, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Laignelet. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Emmanuel-de-la-Villéon4.7 km southwest, in FougèresFortFortOppidum du Poulailler3.8 km northwest, in LandéanMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Clarisses Urbanistes de Fougères4.1 km southwest, in FougèresFortFortTour du Four4.5 km southwest, in FougèresFortFortTour Desnos4.6 km southwest, in FougèresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laignelet.
Jobs located in Laignelet: 150, for 550 residents in work (0.3 each). The census found 4.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,430 a year per consumption unit.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in Laignelet. That is the middle of 33 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,729/m² for the median of compared towns in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,956/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Laignelet is 95.9%, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mahatma GandhiNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 48 | 88%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent J-B Le Taillandier - site Notre-Dame des Marais PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 99%+1 pt |
| 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 227 deaths in Laignelet between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 173: 31% above. The nearest emergency department to Laignelet is Centre hospitalier de Fougeres, 2.3 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
29% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Laignelet split evenly at 45.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Laignelet | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 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
Nothing in Laignelet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Laignelet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laignelet | 1,234 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Fougères | 20,307 | 2.5 | B− | B | D | B+ |
| Lécousse | 3,530 | 3.2 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Louvigné-du-Désert | 3,346 | 7.8 | A | A | B | B |
| Maen Roch | 5,088 | 9.6 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 11 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Ernée Mayenne | 5,499 | 11 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laignelet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent J-B Le Taillandier - site Notre-Dame des Marais in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Laignelet grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Laignelet is a commune of 1,234 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 8, 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.