Real strengths, and real weak spots. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is the sore point (C): an average of 9.7 recorded violent incidents and 17.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 41% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at C, better than just over a third of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Angers 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.
Ancienne abbaye du Ronceray: Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Collégiale Saint-Martin (ancienne): Photo: Mbzt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Laurent (ancienne): Photo: Sémhur · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Abbaye Toussaint (ancienne): Photo: Mbzt · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Angers.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More commuters in Angers walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 41.4%
41%walk, cycle or take transit
15.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Angers: 95,750, for 65,100 residents in work (1.5 each). Median disposable income comes to €23,930 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
Public transport18%
On foot13%
Bicycle11%
Motorbike or scooter1%
95,750
jobs based in Angers, 1.5 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,930
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 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Angers costs more than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,175/m²
€3,175/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,245/m² in Angers, apartments for €3,147/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.56/m² a month, above both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 25% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Angers€3,175/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,245/m²
1,593
Apartments
€3,147/m²
4,711
€14.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €18.87/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Angers sees fewer deaths than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 73 per 100 expected
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
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. From 2016 to 2025, 12,918 residents of Angers died, against 14,798 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Angers can choose among 248 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
248
GPs in Angers · 6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A secteur sauvegardé since 2019, and 101 historic monuments
101historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Angers is Ancienne abbaye du Ronceray. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. 67 of the 101 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Angers ranks above 72% of compared French towns for crime per resident
9.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded offenses in Angers came to 4,174 in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage1,749
Family violence649
Other physical violence576
Sexual violence445
Theft from vehicles399
Vehicle theft187
Burglary156
Armed robbery13
Theft without violence2,080
Fraud986
Drug use467
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.
9.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4,174
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 23% of people in Angers are 15 to 24, more than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
32.8median age
18% of residents are 65 or over, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 43% of adults. Ages in Angers split evenly at 32.8: half are older, half younger.
AngersMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
87.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the 23 collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 768 candidates at 8 lycées. On results, collèges and lycées here come #35 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire.
Michel-Eugène Chevreul: Nicolas Eustache Maurin, Public domain · Joseph Louis Proust: The original uploader was Dr. Manuel at German Wikipedia ., Public domain · Marie d'Anjou: Workshop of Hans Holbein the Elder, Public domain · René d’Anjou: Nicolas Froment, Public domain · Valérie Trierweiler: Jackolan1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicolas Mahut: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0
About Angers
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Angers is a commune of 159,022 people in the Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole. 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
Population
159,022 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.4 km²)
INSEE code
49007
Angers’ 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 Angers
Is Angers safe?
It grades C for safety, #48 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 156 burglaries and 1,749 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Angers good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #35 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. 99% of 365 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Benoît in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Angers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Angers grades D for cost of living.
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.
