Mende grades A overall: better than 93% of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,994/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mende 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 Mende.
History
Mende is rich in protected monuments: 26 per 10,000 residents, more than in Lozère’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2000. Mende has 33 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 30 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Pont Notre-Dame. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
For walkability, Mende ranks above 84% of compared French towns
Per resident in work, Mende counts 1.7 jobs (8,950 jobs, 5,300 workers). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,380 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 19.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot15%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,950
jobs based in Mende, 1.7 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mende has a lower adjusted death rate than 68% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Mende has 8 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 82 per 100 expected, near Lozère’s towns (83) and lower than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,209 residents of Mende died, against 1,265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Lozère is 84.2 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Mende · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
84.2 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lozère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The median home in Mende sells for €1,994/m², against €1,435/m² in Lozère’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,073/m² in Mende, apartments for €1,966/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.01/m² a month, about level with Lozère’s towns (€9.88/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.86/m² a month.
€1,994/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mende€1,994/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lozère median€1,435/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,073/m²
114
Apartments
€1,966/m²
180
€10.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.89 to €12.71/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Mende has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Mende. All told, Mende had 283 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 11.7 cases of violence against people and 8.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
11.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Other physical violence86
Sexual violence40
Family violence39
Theft from vehicles19
Burglary11
Armed robbery0
Drug use62
Theft without violence57
Fraud40
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.
11.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
283
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 16% of people in Mende are 15 to 24, more than in Lozère’s towns and across compared French towns
36% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, lower than Lozère’s towns (29%) and near compared French towns (22%). At 42.6, the median resident of Mende sits in the middle of the age range.
42.6median age
MendeLozère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
16%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Tour des Pénitents: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cathédrale Notre-Dame et Saint-Privat: Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Niche avec statue et lanterne à huile: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
Christophe Laurent: Sanguinez, CC BY 2.5 · Élisabeth Filhol: Poléditeur2018, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph de La Porte du Theil: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Francis Saint-Léger: FLRgroup, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Pierre Balpe: jean-pierre Balpe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles de Ligonnès: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Mende’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mende
Is Mende safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mende good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. 96% of 106 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Émile Peytavin in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mende expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mende grades B+ for cost of living.
About Mende
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Mende is a commune of 12,464 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère. 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.
