Maen Roch’s strongest is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A, good for #17 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Nationally, it does better than 94% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Maen Roch 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.
Château de Saint-Brice, dit autrefois château de la Motte: Photo: GO69 · CC0 · Château du Rocher-Portail: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maen Roch.
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Maen Roch than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.74/m² a month
€1,726/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
121 sales of houses and apartments in Maen Roch, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,726/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €8.38/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maen Roch€1,726/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,724/m²
119
€9.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €12.57/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Maen Roch’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 67% of compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (141 places) counts its residents as Maen Roch’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 632 residents of Maen Roch died, against 614 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Maen Roch is Centre hospitalier de Fougeres, 7.9 mi away. The town has 6 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Maen Roch · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Maen Roch is lower than in 67% of compared French towns
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Maen Roch was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Maen Roch show 109 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.4 violent offenses and 7.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Jobs outnumber working residents in Maen Roch (2,700 to 2,250): it draws people in from around.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage29
Family violence25
Sexual violence21
Other physical violence17
Burglary17
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence25
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
109
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 8.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Maen Roch has lower unemployment than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
11%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €25,210 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 4.7% of Maen Roch’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,700
jobs based in Maen Roch, 1.2 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
89.3%passed the brevetBSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.5 mi off. For exam results, it comes #62 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Maen Roch: 16% were built before 1919, more than in both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Maen Roch counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château du Rocher-Portail. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
Denis Jean-Marie Lemoine de La Giraudais: Perrin del. ; Courbe sc., Public domain · Henri Friteau: Editions "Spiritus", CC BY-SA 4.0 · Théophile Roger-Marvaise: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Maen Roch
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Maen Roch is a commune of 5,088 people in the Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne. 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
5,088 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
15.2 sq mi (39.5 km²)
INSEE code
35257
Maen Roch’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maen Roch
Is Maen Roch safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #34 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Maen Roch good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #62 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maen Roch expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,726/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maen Roch grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
