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A town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, home to 1,159 people.
Pancé’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,982/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Bretagne porte de Loire Communauté. The median sale price is €1,982/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pancé 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.
Each subject compares Pancé 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.
Pancé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Pancé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pancé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir du Champ de la Pierre et menhir du Champ Horel, in Le Sel-de-Bretagne, 1.8 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Pancé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pancé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pancé is Chru de Rennes site Hopital Sud, 13.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 57 residents of Pancé died, against 85 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% fewer. Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
7.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 250 jobs are based in Pancé, for 600 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Pancé didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pancé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 36 homes were sold in Pancé. That is the middle of 36 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,729/m² for the median of compared towns in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,982/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Pancé. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Pancé.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Pancé is a commune of 1,159 people in the Communauté de communes Bretagne porte de Loire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancé | 1,159 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Pléchâtel | 2,833 | 3.2 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Crevin | 2,819 | 3.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Bain-de-Bretagne | 7,674 | 3.4 | B+ | B | C− | C |
| Bourg-des-Comptes | 3,411 | 4.8 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Laillé | 5,225 | 6.9 | A | C | A− | A |
| Corps-Nuds | 3,567 | 7.3 | A | C+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pancé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pancé grades B 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 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.