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A town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, home to 2,911 people.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Its strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With a B+ overall, Allonnes is better than 69% of compared French towns and ranks #37 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 41% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Allonnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Allonnes 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.
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Allonnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Allonnes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,680/m², below both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€1,930/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 74 homes were sold in Allonnes.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,680/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €24,540 a year per consumption unit. Allonnes has 1,100 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 9.3% of the labour force were unemployed, between Maine-et-Loire’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Allonnes’s tally for 2025: 46 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 17.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Maine-et-Loire: 86.4 years for women, 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Allonnes’ deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 403 residents of Allonnes died, against 335 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Allonnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The age that splits Allonnes in two is 45.7. Children under 15 make up 18%, close to both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Allonnes | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Allonnes. Best known first.
Allonnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Domaine du Bellay: Photo: Allonnes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Allonnes yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allonnes | 2,911 | — | B+ | A− | B+ | C |
| Vivy | 2,582 | 3.9 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Saumur | 26,241 | 5.7 | B− | B | D | B |
| Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 3,631 | 7.2 | A | A− | C+ | B− |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 3,435 | 8.3 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Longué-Jumelles | 6,564 | 8.5 | A | A | C+ | A− |
| Beaumont-en-Véron Indre-et-Loire | 2,717 | 11 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #22 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Allonnes grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Allonnes is a commune of 2,911 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire. 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
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.