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It is a town of 1,354 residents in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Where it does best is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,859/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-M'Hervé 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 Saint-M'Hervé 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.
Saint-M'Hervé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-M'Hervé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-M'Hervé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré de bénédictins Notre-Dame, tribunal et école de musique, in Vitré, 5.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-M'Hervé 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 Saint-M'Hervé.
Jobs located in Saint-M'Hervé: 250, for 650 residents in work (0.3 each). 6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.9% of working residents in Saint-M'Hervé didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
43 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-M'Hervé from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,859/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-M'Hervé come to 79 per 100 predicted. 86 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 109: 21% below. 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. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 A.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Saint-M'Hervé is 43.1.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-M'Hervé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-M'Hervé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-M'Hervé is a commune of 1,354 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-M'Hervé | 1,354 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 5.6 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Argentré-du-Plessis | 4,633 | 8.5 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Étrelles | 2,703 | 8.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 8.7 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Loiron-Ruillé Mayenne | 2,758 | 11 | — | A− | — | A |
| Ernée Mayenne | 5,499 | 12 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-M'Hervé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 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 Saint-M'Hervé grades A− 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.