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It is a town of 1,450 residents in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Maxent’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,697/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. Maxent 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 Maxent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maxent 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.
Maxent 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 Maxent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière en pierre, in Val d'Anast, 6.5 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maxent.
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.1% of commuters at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,820 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.
Sales in Maxent from July 2023 to June 2026: 48 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,697/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 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%.
| Maxent | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. Adjusted mortality in Maxent: 90 deaths for every 100 expected. 207 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 170: 22% above.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage in and near Maxent. Best known first.
Nothing in Maxent is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Maxent as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxent | 1,450 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Plélan-le-Grand | 4,076 | 3.6 | B | B− | B− | B |
| Val d'Anast | 3,930 | 5.8 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Guer Morbihan | 6,208 | 6.6 | A | A− | C+ | B |
| Guignen | 4,175 | 8.5 | A− | B | A+ | C− |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 6,391 | 8.5 | A− | C | B | B |
| Goven | 4,359 | 8.6 | — | B− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maxent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maxent grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Maxent is a commune of 1,450 people in the Communauté de communes Brocéliande 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
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.