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9,339 people call this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany home.
A solid town with one catch. School results are strong: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points above the expected rate. Liffré grades A overall, better than 86% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #36 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Jobs & income is a strength too — 1 job per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Liffré 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.
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The one thing Liffré does most differently from other towns.
Liffré has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
Liffré has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Liffré.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Liffré, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #8 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Martin Luther KingNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 96%+1 pt |
| Lycée Simone VeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 326 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Michel PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 146 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 17% of the population. Degrees are held by 42% of adults, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). Half of Liffré is older than 40.6, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Liffré | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Liffré: €2,734/m² for houses, €3,093/m² for apartments. Of the homes sold, 70% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.64/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,734/m² | 215 |
| Apartments | €3,093/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 178 offenses in Liffré in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.6 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century. 5.6% of its homes were built before 1919, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Median disposable income comes to €28,350 a year per consumption unit. For its 4,200 residents in work, Liffré has 4,150 jobs: 1 each. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
15 GPs practise in Liffré. The nearest emergency department to Liffré is Hopital Prive Sevigne, 7.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 647 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 659, 2% more. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
Heritage in and near Liffré. Best known first.
3 notable people were born in Liffré.
Axel Mariault: Kakoula10, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Liffré is a commune of 9,339 people in the Communauté de communes Liffré-Cormier 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liffré | 9,339 | — | A | C | B+ | B− |
| La Bouëxière | 4,667 | 3.6 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Thorigné-Fouillard | 8,667 | 5.1 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Acigné | 6,874 | 5.1 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 4,203 | 5.8 | A+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné | 4,304 | 6 | A+ | B− | A | A− |
| Servon-sur-Vilaine | 4,152 | 6.4 | — | B− | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #37 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #8 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.43/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Liffré grades C for cost of living.
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 9, 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.