Val-d'Izé’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,916/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Val-d'Izé has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-d'Izé 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-d'Izé.
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Val-d'Izé costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.42/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.78/m² a month. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 71 homes were sold in Val-d'Izé.
€1,916/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-d'Izé€1,916/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,954/m²
69
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.01 to €10.10/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Only 4.3% of commuters in Val-d'Izé go to work without a car, fewer than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
Of those in the labour force, 6.2% are unemployed. 650 jobs are based in Val-d'Izé, for 1,250 working residents (0.5 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,390 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Val-d'Izé, 0.5 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Val-d'Izé has a lower adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Val-d'Izé can choose among 4 GPs. Its care home for older people (20 places) counts its residents as Val-d'Izé’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 221 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 193, 13% fewer. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Ille-et-Vilaine can expect 86 years and a boy 80.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Val-d'Izé · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Vitre
5.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Vitre
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 22% of people in Val-d'Izé are under 15, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: 9% of residents. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree.
40.7median age
Val-d'IzéIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Val-d'Izé keeps more of its old housing than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Val-d'Izé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-d'Izé
Is Val-d'Izé safe?
Val-d'Izé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val-d'Izé expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val-d'Izé grades A− for cost of living.
About Val-d'Izé
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Val-d'Izé is a commune of 2,620 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
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.
