FR Cette page existe en français : Maine-et-Loire en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Home › France › Maine-et-Loire Pays de la Loire · Département 49 Find your town in Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire has 176 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 69 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 51 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
52 graded towns
35 grade A− or better
176 towns and villages
Angers largest · 159,022
Maine-et-Loire at a glance What Maine-et-Loire is like The median ranked town in Maine-et-Loire grades highest on health and safety against towns across France, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subject The median ranked town in Maine-et-Loire against French towns · the line marks the median French town
Health A− ahead of 79% Safety B+ ahead of 68% Jobs & income B ahead of 62% Cost of living B ahead of 58% Schools B− ahead of 50% Walkability C+ ahead of 44% The finder
Find a town that’s… 52 towns · ordered by Maine-et-Loire rank
#1 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 5,922 people · #13 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA SchoolsLowest C Walkability
#2 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Large town · 23,989 people · #20 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA SafetyLowest C+ Walkability
#3 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 18,695 people · #24 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA HealthLowest B− Walkability
#4 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 3,871 people · #62 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C− Walkability
#5 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 15,726 people · #75 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C Walkability
#6 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 3,435 people · #116 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest B− Jobs & income
#7 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Large town · 21,999 people · #123 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest C+ Walkability
#8 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 7,748 people · #129 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA SafetyLowest C+ Walkability
#9 in Maine-et-Loire A+ Town · 3,866 people · #184 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#10 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 16,765 people · #196 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− SafetyLowest C Walkability
#11 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 2,582 people · #259 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest C+ Jobs & income
#12 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 5,644 people · #275 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA HealthLowest C Walkability
#13 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 11,712 people · #279 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− Cost of livingLowest C Walkability
#14 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 4,589 people · #281 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA− Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Cost of living
#15 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 5,390 people · #291 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest B− Schools
#16 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 6,571 people · #312 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#17 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 5,771 people · #319 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest C Walkability
#18 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 10,878 people · #331 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− HealthA− SafetyLowest C− Walkability
#19 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 8,751 people · #362 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− Cost of livingLowest C+ Jobs & income
#20 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 4,663 people · #388 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA HealthLowest C Walkability
#21 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 17,162 people · #477 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA SafetyLowest C Walkability
#22 in Maine-et-Loire A Large town · 25,797 people · #479 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− HealthLowest C Schools
#23 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 17,667 people · #502 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsB+ Cost of livingLowest C+ Safety
#24 in Maine-et-Loire A Town · 6,564 people · #556 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA Cost of livingLowest C Jobs & income
#25 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 8,116 people · #671 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#26 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 2,801 people · #683 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA− WalkabilityLowest C Safety
#27 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 3,685 people · #707 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#28 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 4,981 people · #730 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− Cost of livingLowest C− Schools
#29 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 8,813 people · #738 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA HealthLowest C Jobs & income
#30 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 15,251 people · #763 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#31 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 11,029 people · #805 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− Cost of livingLowest C Health
#32 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 6,580 people · #846 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#33 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 5,761 people · #852 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest C− Walkability
#34 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 6,659 people · #896 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Schools
#35 in Maine-et-Loire A− Town · 4,749 people · #918 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA− Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#36 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 5,448 people · #953 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− HealthLowest D Jobs & income
#37 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 2,911 people · #1,190 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ SafetyLowest C− Walkability
#38 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 7,808 people · #1,262 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#39 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 2,844 people · #1,283 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#40 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 5,732 people · #1,289 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Safety
#41 in Maine-et-Loire B+ Town · 3,836 people · #1,328 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeB Cost of livingLowest C+ Walkability
#42 in Maine-et-Loire B Town · 13,149 people · #1,451 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#43 in Maine-et-Loire B Town · 6,408 people · #1,617 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ HealthB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#44 in Maine-et-Loire B− Large town · 54,404 people · #1,795 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− HealthLowest C− Safety
#45 in Maine-et-Loire B− Large town · 26,241 people · #1,838 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Safety
#46 in Maine-et-Loire B− Town · 8,429 people · #1,841 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ HealthB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Schools
#47 in Maine-et-Loire B− Town · 3,746 people · #1,871 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest D Schools
#48 in Maine-et-Loire B− Town · 16,333 people · #2,026 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ HealthLowest C− Jobs & income
#49 in Maine-et-Loire C+ Town · 9,720 people · #2,096 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#50 in Maine-et-Loire C+ Town · 6,901 people · #2,418 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingB Jobs & incomeLowest C− Schools
#51 in Maine-et-Loire C City · 159,022 people · #2,519 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#52 in Maine-et-Loire C Town · 3,386 people · #2,595 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ Jobs & incomeLowest D Schools
Show all 52 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
9 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
La Séguinière 4,248 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Schools B+, Health B+, Jobs & income A, Walkability C+ Le May-sur-Èvre 3,920 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Schools A+, Health B+, Jobs & income B−, Walkability B Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A, Health B+, Jobs & income B, Walkability C+ Val-du-Layon 3,510 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health A, Jobs & income B, Walkability C Briollay 3,225 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living C+, Health A+, Jobs & income B, Walkability C Maulévrier 3,172 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools A+, Health A, Jobs & income A, Walkability B La Tessoualle 3,167 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Schools D, Health A−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B− Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet 3,106 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C+, Schools A−, Health A−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability C Trémentines 3,101 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Health B−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B− Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire 3,071 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Schools B−, Health B, Jobs & income C−, Walkability C+ Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie 2,974 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Health A+, Jobs & income B+, Walkability B− Saint-Christophe-du-Bois 2,828 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C+, Schools B+, Health A+, Jobs & income A, Walkability C Bécon-les-Granits 2,811 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health A−, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C+ Jarzé Villages 2,798 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Health B+, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C− Le Plessis-Grammoire 2,664 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C, Schools C+, Health A, Jobs & income A, Walkability B− Les Bois d'Anjou 2,525 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools C−, Health B, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D− La Possonnière 2,501 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Health B+, Jobs & income B, Walkability B+ Every town and village 107 smaller towns and villages in Maine-et-Loire With the 69 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 176 communes of Maine-et-Loire, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Beaulieu-sur-Layon1,345 Bégrolles-en-Mauges2,110 Blaison-Saint-Sulpice1,337 Brain-sur-Allonnes2,056 Cantenay-Épinard2,415 Champtocé-sur-Loire1,829 Chazé-sur-Argos1,086 Cheffes1,044 Coron1,603 Corzé1,991 Denée1,449 Distré1,806 Étriché1,600 Feneu2,212 Fontevraud-l'Abbaye1,453 Grez-Neuville1,447 Huillé-Lézigné1,298 La Ménitré2,079 La Plaine1,018 La Romagne2,028 Le Puy-Notre-Dame1,084 Les Rairies1,041 Mazières-en-Mauges1,240 Miré1,060 Montilliers1,222 Mozé-sur-Louet2,031 Neuillé1,028 Nuaillé1,459 Rochefort-sur-Loire2,333 Saint-Augustin-des-Bois1,295 Saint-Clément-de-la-Place2,168 Saint-Clément-des-Levées1,128 Saint-Germain-des-Prés1,388 Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux1,705 Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance2,216 Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple1,307 Savennières1,349 Sceaux-d'Anjou1,155 Soulaines-sur-Aubance1,329 Soulaire-et-Bourg1,467 Thorigné-d'Anjou1,223 Toutlemonde1,305 Tuffalun1,746 Varennes-sur-Loire1,922 Varrains1,312 Vaudelnay1,122 Vernantes2,004 Vernoil-le-Fourrier1,366 Vezins1,758 Villebernier1,441 Yzernay1,855 56 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades Next door Départements next to Maine-et-Loire The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Maine-et-Loire What is the best place to live in Maine-et-Loire? Bellevigne-en-Layon ranks first of 52 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and schools (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (C) is its lowest. Beaupréau-en-Mauges and Mauges-sur-Loire follow.
How do the biggest towns in Maine-et-Loire grade? Angers (159,022 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability. Cholet (54,404 people) grades B− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked? By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Maine-et-Loire, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Maine-et-Loire on TownRatings? Yes: all 176 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 69 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 51 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 56 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked? The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Bécon-les-Granits and Briollay and Les Bois d'Anjou and Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire and 13 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Bellevigne-en-Layon, Unknown 1920s (Public domain ) · Beaupréau-en-Mauges, Tom Drake (Public domain ) · Mauges-sur-Loire, Llann Wé² (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Terranjou, Jonasse (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Bellevigne-les-Châteaux, Cramos (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Chemillé-en-Anjou, Thomas Drake (Public domain ) · Lys-Haut-Layon, Bo35bo35 (CC BY 4.0 ) · Saint-Léger-de-Linières, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Loire-Authion, Cramos (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Vivy, Florian Pépellin (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou, Loic Le Bris (CC BY 4.0 ) · Baugé-en-Anjou, Skouame (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Tiercé, travail personnel (own work) (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Le Lion-d'Angers, Gilles Guillamot (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Longuenée-en-Anjou, Pom' from France, European Union (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Erdre-en-Anjou, chisloup (CC BY 3.0 ) · Brissac Loire Aubance, Joe Brable (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Les Hauts-d'Anjou, La photo de Jojo (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Les Garennes sur Loire, Touriste (Public domain ) · Orée d'Anjou, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Sèvremoine, Madi (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Segré-en-Anjou Bleu, Glabb (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Longué-Jumelles, Jujubier (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Verrières-en-Anjou, Julien CHATELAIN (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Candé, Esprit04 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire, GO69 (CC0 ) · Val d'Erdre-Auxence, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Ombrée d'Anjou, Romain Bréget (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Avrillé, IngolfBLN (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Doué-en-Anjou, elisabeth (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Bouchemaine, Nathanaël Cioli (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Mazé-Milon, Lieven Smits (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Glabb (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Écouflant, Gwenadugo (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Noyant-Villages, Hélène RABINEAU (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Allonnes, Allonnes (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Montreuil-Juigné, Mbzt (CC BY 4.0 ) · Seiches-sur-le-Loir, GO69 (CC BY 4.0 ) · Beaucouzé, Ltrlg (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Les Ponts-de-Cé, Glabb (Public domain ) · Mûrs-Erigné, Touriste (Public domain ) · Cholet, Selbymay (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Saumur, Martin Falbisoner (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Gennes-Val-de-Loire, Glabb (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Montreuil-Bellay, Henri Le Sidaner (Public domain ) · Trélazé, Melaine (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, Ad Vitam (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Beaufort-en-Anjou, Tepeyac (Public domain ) · Angers, Carsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Durtal, Skouame (CC BY-SA 3.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #57 of November 4, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
