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Le LorouxIlle-et-Vilaine

621 people live in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Is Le Loroux a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Le Loroux is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Le Loroux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Loroux’s story

No historic monuments in Le Loroux

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Loroux 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, 3.2 mi away.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Le Loroux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Loroux.

Who lives here

Children make up 23% of Le Loroux, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns

40.1median age

18% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.2%, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 19% have a degree.

Le LorouxIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Loroux
Le LorouxIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Under 1523%18%17%
15–248.2%11%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+18%19%22%
No diploma22%14%19%
CAP or BEP35%23%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education19%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Le Loroux walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 3.2%

3%walk, cycle or take transit

Of those in the labour force, 5.1% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €24,240 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 300 residents in work, Le Loroux has 50 jobs: 0.3 each.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Le Loroux, 0.3 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Le Loroux costs less than in both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.92/m² a month

€7.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Le Loroux recorded 23 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €6.87/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Loroux€7.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€12.21/m²
€7.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.16 to €10.17/m² a month)
€6.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Loroux

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Famous people from Le Loroux

One notable person was born in Le Loroux.

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About Le Loroux

Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany

Le Loroux is a commune of 621 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

Population
621 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.4 km²)
INSEE code
35157

Le Loroux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ille-et-Vilaine →
FougèresLécousseLouvigné-du-DésertErnéeSaint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtMaen RochFougèresLécousseLouvigné-du-DésertErnéeSaint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtMaen RochLe Loroux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Loroux621—————
Fougères20,3075.9B−BDB+
Lécousse3,5306.6A+BA−A+
Louvigné-du-Désert3,3466.8AABB
Ernée Mayenne5,4999.3A+AB−A−
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche5,77013A−ACB
Maen Roch5,08813AB+B+B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.