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In Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, this town has 7,541 residents.
Households here earn well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 89% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #30 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The one thing Melesse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Melesse 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Melesse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle, in Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt, 5.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Melesse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #13 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine on results. The nearest general lycée is 4.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mathurin MeheutNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 98%+3 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.
Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 567 deaths in Melesse from 2016 to 2025; there were 550, 3% fewer. Its care home for older people (108 places) counts its residents as Melesse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 19% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Melesse can choose among 5 GPs.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Children are 21% of the town. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Melesse is older than 40.1, 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%.
| Melesse | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 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.
Houses in Melesse sell for €2,981/m² and apartments for €3,068/m². The town recorded 239 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 74% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,981/m² | 178 |
| Apartments | €3,068/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 6.2% are unemployed. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Melesse were burglary than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 152 offenses in the town in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.1 violent offenses and 13.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Melesse. Best known first.
Nothing in Melesse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Melesse yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melesse | 7,541 | — | A | C | B | B+ |
| La Mézière | 5,033 | 2.5 | A+ | C+ | A− | A+ |
| La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz | 4,738 | 3.2 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Betton | 12,964 | 3.4 | A | C− | B− | A− |
| Gévezé | 6,061 | 4.4 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Montgermont | 3,827 | 4.5 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Grégoire | 9,957 | 4.5 | A− | C− | C+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #46 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #13 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Melesse grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Melesse is a commune of 7,541 people in the Communauté de communes Val d'Ille-Aubigné. 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.